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The Arc
star Elwick Stud
First foals by Mondialiste hit the sales this autumn
Oak Lodge & Springfield House Stud Breeder of Blue Point to stand Group 1 winner Unfortunately Waldgeist puts in a Timeform career-best to win the Arc de Triomphe
Where have all the good horses gone?
Jocelyn de Moubray examines the possible reasons for a continued lack of exceptional European three-year-olds
US Congress set to discuss the Horseracing Integrity Act: could it solve the ills that beset American horseracing?
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Bated Breath 2007 b h Dansili - Tantina (Distant View)
The best value sire of blacktype winners in Europe in 2019
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Expert Eye 2015 b h Acclamation - Exemplify (Dansili)
The Breeders’ Cup Mile Gr.1 winner with 2YO brilliance
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Frankel 2008 b h Galileo - Kind (Danehill)
The fastest sire to 35 Group winners in history with 14% Group winners to runners
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Kingman 2011 b h Invincible Spirit - Zenda (Zamindar)
The brilliant miler transferring his talent to his progeny
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Oasis Dream 2000 b h Green Desert - Hope (Dancing Brave)
Europe’s most consistent source of Gr.1 speed
Contact Shane Horan, Claire Curry or Henry Bletsoe
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MILE GR.1 winner 2yo winner of
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WINNER OF Group 3
JERSEY s ta k e s first foals
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“Also special is Churchill, gorgeous to the eye, sublime at the gallop and a 2,000 Guineas winner worthy of the man whose name he boasts.” RACING POST, 7th May 2017
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2YO 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Dewhurst Stakes-Gr.1, 7f., by 1¼ lengths from Gr.1 winners Lancaster Bomber, Blue Point, Thunder Snow & Rivet. Faster than Frankel, New Approach & Teofilo, all Gr.1 sires by Galileo. National Stakes-Gr.1, 7f., by 4¼ lengths from dual Gr.2-winning 2YO Mehmas. Futurity Stakes-Gr.2, 7f., by 2 lengths. Tyros Stakes-Gr.3, 7f. Chesham Stakes-L., 7f., Royal Ascot.
DUAL CLASSIC-WINNING MILER 1st 1st
2,000 Guineas-Gr.1, 8f., by 1 length from Gr.1 winners Barney Roy, Al Wukair, Lancaster Bomber and Dream Castle. Irish 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1, 8f., by 2½ lengths from Gr.1 winners Thunder Snow and Exultant.
The most precocious son of GALILEO - 17 sons have sired Gr.1 winners. His dam MEOW was runner-up in the Queen Mary S.-Gr.2 over 5f. His full-sister CLEMMIE was a Champion 2YO & won the Cheveley Park S.-Gr.1 over 6f. His grandam AIRWAVE won the Cheveley Park S.-Gr.1 over 6f. and her half-sister JWALA won the Nunthorpe S.-Gr.1 over 5f.
Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller, Neil Magee or Hermine Bastide. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon, Paddy Fleming or Cathal Murphy: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: sales@coolmore.ie Website: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF.
RECORD BREAKING
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PHENOMENON CHAMPION Australian Second Season Sire CHAMPION Australian First Season Sire
CHAMPION Australian 3yo Sire (with his first crop)
The first sire to achieve these combined championship titles since DANEHILL
OVERSUBSCRIBED in his first NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SEASON covering an outstanding first book of mares
Sire of CHAMPION 3yo filly and multiple Gr.1 winner, SUNLIGHT
GROUP 1 SIRE
LEADING FIRST
SEASON SIRE HAVANA GREY TF 118. Winner of 5 stakes races including the Flying Five Stakes, Gr.1
HEADWAY Listed winner and placed in the Coventry Stakes, Gr.2 and Gimcrack Stakes, Gr.2
TREASURING Dual Gr.3 winning sprinter (in Europe and US) and sold for 500,000gns
5 stakes winners from his first crop. Over 160 foals born in 2019.
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Paul Haigh has to give readers an apology after Enable was beaten in Paris on the first weekend of October
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Cathy Grassick discusses the rehoming and retraining of racehorses, Badgers Bloodstock asks whether limited stallion book size is a good idea
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One tough lady
Magical rebounded from her Arc defeat to win the Champion Stakes, writes Aisling Crowe
Stallion statistics
European stallion stats from Weatherbys
The Queen is overthrown
Jocelyn de Moubray reports on a thrilling Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
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A mystical autumn
The Breeders’ Cup picture is no clearer for Melissa Bauer-Herzog even now the prep races have been run
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Waldgeist breaks the myth
There seems to be a dearth of top-rated three-year-olds again this year. Jocelyn de Moubray tries to work out the reasons why
Simon Rowlands sees the son of Galileo put in a career-best performance to take his Timeform rating to 132
North star
The first foals by Mondialiste are hitting the foal sales this autumn. Aisling Crowe meets the son of Galileo at Elwick Stud
Can Congress find the solution?
Will the Horseracing Integrity Act find the answer to the ills besetting the sport in the US? Dan Ross investigates
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Have the yearling pinhookers made a profit in 2019?
Richard Wilne takes a look at the figures
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Pointing forwards
It is exciting times for Oak Lodge Stud, the breeder of Blue Point and now standing Unfortunately
Where have all the good horses gone?
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All change in South Africa
Liz Price reports on her summer trip to Durban July meeting
Broodmare statistics
From Weatherbys
Photo of the month
The Everest and Caulfield Cups
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Pierre-Charles Boudot enjoys his Arc-winning moment posing for the cameras aboard the admirable Waldgeist
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first word
Waldgeist conquers And the vanquished filly Enable stays in training for another year, writes Paul Haigh
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IRST, AN APOLOGY. The Sherlock Holmes approach to calculation of the likely identity of the Arc winner did not work – though only because of the sticky going which found the bottom of Enable’s stamina. But that’s almost standard Arc ground, you say. Yes, but we haven’t had standard Arc ground for a year or two – or three – and anyway the possibility of the rain-gods tampering with the going was mentioned as one of the possibilities that might have prevented her from continuing her winning streak in the world’s greatest race. To be fair to Enable her lifetime record, even if she has been less prolific, still looks at least the equal of Australia’s darling, now retired. The Arc winner Waldgeist has seen so much of Enable’s backside in his own career that it’s hard to believe he’s the better horse, unless you’re also prepared to believe in the mystical powers of André Fabre. He just got conditions that suited him better than they suited her, and the additional help of an inspired Pierre-Charles Boudot. Enable did nothing wrong and neither did Frankie Dettori, although in retrospect he may have gone for home a shade too early. But it was a fair and square defeat. And that we thought was that. Or was it? If she’d won to give us the unprecedented three in a row, the general assumption that we’d seen the last of her might have been right, because after all what was there left for her to achieve? There was talk of the Champion Stakes, but John Gosden, correctly and perhaps even referring way back to precedent that may date from even beyond the misguided retrieval mission that saw Nijinsky beaten by his inferior Lorenzaccio after a hard race at Longchamp, probably vetoed that. Asking Enable to reproduce her best again at the
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first word Breeders’ Cup might have been equally ill-advised. So off she goes to the paddocks and a rendezvous with one of the best stallions in the world. Then someone, Lord Teddy Grimthorpe perhaps, may have said “She lost a race. Just one. And she certainly isn’t the worse for wear. Why not keep her in training?” And Prince Khalid, perhaps thinking about the pleasure she gives him, perhaps wondering how long he’d have to wait for another who might match her, perhaps only subconsciously thinking about settling this Winx argument forever, said “Yes”. It would have been so much fun to have sat in on the discussion. We can only guess at the way it went and rejoice at the sporting decision. It’s the approximate opposite of one that might have been taken by, just for example, The Aga Khan, who seems to get his pleasure from breeding from new champions as soon as one has proved him or herself excellent. That’s not to accuse His Highness of being in any way unsporting: it’s just the way he likes to get his kicks. But are we witnessing the beginning of a general change of policy, perhaps provoked by Winx? Just imagine if we’d been treated to five racing seasons of the great Zarkava. If Enable had gone to Ascot where even stickier ground awaited – is this meeting ever going to be run on good racing ground? – would she have resumed her imperious progress anyway?
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NE THING’S CERTAIN: we wouldn’t have been subjected to the fusillade of encomia for her regular deputy, Magical, who has had the opportunity to examine Enable’s receding rear even more often than Waldgeist? And would she have proved anything? In Britain’s richest race, the Qipco British Champion Stakes, Magical managed to hold off the very good handicapper Addeybb who improves by at least a stone when he gets soft going. That was a highly creditable performance, but not the performance of a champion. It was the performance of a very good horse taking advantage of the champion’s understandable absence. Magical has seen more of Enable’s tail than even Waldgeist, and yet someone very close to her even went so far as to refer to this admirable but perennial understudy as “the ultimate racehorse”. The day that was supposed to identify Champions began inauspiciously (for most) when Donjuan Triumphant romped home at 33/1 in the Qipco British Champions Sprint. Have you ever had one of those horses who really impressed you once on a – by Flat racing standards – quagmire, and then after you’ve followed him and followed him on ground you think must be soft enough but isn’t, up he pops like Goldilocks on what even the clerk of the course officially deems “Heavy” and says “Mmm, this is just right”. Step forward Don. You’re the subject of this
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What the race proved was nothing much about whether Donjuan was champion sprinter of Britain. It just gave us a reminder that Silvestre De Sousa is a terrific rider, particularly of sprinters, and that Andrew Balding is headed for many years in the top flight of trainers
paragraph. Here’s a huge prize for your connections and, one hopes, a happy future for you at stud in France, which is not overly famous for its sprinters. What the race proved was nothing much about whether Donjuan was champion sprinter of Britain. It just gave us a reminder that Silvestre De Sousa is a terrific rider, particularly of sprinters, and that Andrew Balding is headed for many years in the top flight of trainers. Then came the Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup, which for reasons known only to the people who decide these things is a Group 2 rather than a Group 1. Well, everyone knows Stradivarius is the champion stayer, or at least everyone who hadn’t noticed that as a St Leger and Grand Prix de Paris winner Kew Gardens is probably the best horse he’s met in the two years he has been bullying his fellow stayers.
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VEN SO STRADIVARIUS should have won a race he hardly needed to have contested if he hadn’t floundered occasionally in the boggiest parts of the track. What can we say about this race? Only that Donnacha O’Brien, who is nearly six feet tall, and whose father himself says he can’t have many years in the saddle, rode a great finish to get the better of the rightful champ by the width of a violin string. Was John Gosden, who this season really hasn’t suffered too much, going to have to tolerate a hat-trick of defeats for his stars on ground that doesn’t suit? No, because Star Catcher just wasn’t having it. The Irish Oaks and Prix Vermeille winner fought like a tigress on ground now upgraded to “soft” to squeak home from Delphinia and the not-yet-distinguished Sun Maiden to keep her streak intact and provide Frankie Dettori with his 18th (!) Group 1 winner of the season in The Fillies and Mares. It seems barely credible that many of us were thinking only a few years ago that Mr. Exuberance was in the twilight of his riding career. Donnacha, who was himself on a treble, will not be showing himself replays of Fleeting’s run unless he has a masochistic streak. Magical came next to restore his morale. So let’s get to the point on this. Mid-autumn is not the time to be holding a championship meeting in Britain, because in Britain in October it almost always rains, and not just lightly but in a way that would have Noah himself checking the bilges. A month earlier would have been perfect. Remember the last week or two of the Cricket World Cup? That’s when Qipco British Champions Day should take place. That’s when it would provide a preview of, or even one day come to surpass, the Arc weekend. Politically it can’t happen. Not least because we all know who sponsors the Arc. But that’s when it would enable the meeting to identify true champions. And yes that’s (just about) a quip.
Bungle Inthejungle Sire of LIVING IN THE PAST, an impressive winner of the Gr.2 Lowther Stakes at York.
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New stallions joining the rosters in Britain and Ireland
AUTUMN STALLION retirement news has started to filter out to the bloodstock world following on from the summer’s headlines regarding the retirements of the dual Group 1 Royal Ascot
sprinter Blue Point to Kildangan, the 2018 Epsom Derby winner Masar and Too Darn Hot, winner of the Sussex Stakes (G1), to Dalham Hall and Calyx, Kingman’s Commonwealth Cup
(G1) winner, to Coolmore. Also on the transfer list to stud is the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes-winning sprinter Soldier’s Call, a son of Showcasing and owned by Clipper Logistics. He was also placed three times in Group 1 sprints, his best performances coming when second to Battaash in the Nunthorpe Stakes and behind the Charlie Hills-trained runner when third to Blue Point in the
King’s Stand Stakes (G1). He has been retired to Ballyhane Stud. The highpoint for Eqtidaar, a Sheikh Hamdan-bred son of Invincible Spirit, also came at Royal Ascot when he was successful in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup. A half-brother to the 2,000 Guineas second Massaat, and from the family of the Listed winner Zeiting and 5f Group 3 winner Dolled Up, he
Restricted stallion books: a good idea?
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HERE ARE FEW MORE emotive subjects in this industry than the acceptable size of a book of mares for a stallion. For someone of my age seeing books of over 200 mares, it is so easy to say that ”It would never have happened in my day!” Yes, I remember well stallion syndicates of 40 shareholders with stallions covering a maximum of
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Northern Dancer: smaller book sizes caused breeders to bid seven-figure sums for an available nomination 48 mares per year. However, with so many relevant advances in veterinary techniques and financing of the global bloodstock industry, is it correct to be harking back 50 years? In September the US Jockey Club board of stewards, concerned with the narrowing of the diversity of the thoroughbred gene pool, announced its consideration of a rule to limit the annual breeding of individual stallions starting with the 2021 breeding season
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It has, surprisingly, been suggested that The Jockey Club were influenced by several Kentucky stallion owners in their decision to announce their interest in this subject of large stallion books. It is apparently a considered opinion by some Kentucky stallion owners that large books for first-season sires are financially impacting on stallions in the trickier second, third and fourth years. However, the American Jockey Club have dressed up their thoughts
with a different angle that focuses on the reduction in size of the gene pool resulting from large stallion books. There are those, with welfare at the core of their argument, that are critical of asking a stallion to cover four times a day for two or three months a year. Then there will be others that complain that a mare ready for service is overlooked because a stallion does not have a free “slot” to cover her. There are even those who are
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worried about the health and safety issues of having exhausted staff turning out for covering sessions in the dead of night. Criticism also comes from breeders who find there are 50 other competing yearlings by the same stallion in their chosen sale. The arguments in favour of such large books point to the financial structure of the stallion business in which the capital values of colts retiring off the track are governed by the likely income in the first three years at stud. By limiting the size of a stallion’s The most expensive yearling ever: $13.1 million Seattle Dancer
the 7f Prix du Palais-Royal (G3). Land Force, a son of No Nay Never and winner of the Group 2 5f Norfolk Stakes, the Group 2 6f Richmond Stakes and fourth home in the Group 1 Prix Morny, heads to Highclere Stud after a stint in Australia for Yulong Investments. A half-brother to the Grade 1 winner Photo Call, he is from the brilliant Halfway To Heaven family. Study Of Man, a Deep Impact four-year-old bred by Flaxman Holdings from the brilliant
book, then stallion values will fall dramatically. This would inevitably feed back into capital values of mares, yearlings and foals. Is the industry prepared to accept such a state of affairs? It is most likely that a limited book for a highly commercial stallion would create price inflation for the available nominations. Harking back to the early 1980s, I saw this at work with nominations to Northern Dancer. The owning syndicate limited his book to 40 mares, so demand for his services resulted in breeders bidding a million dollars for an available nomination... and that was without any guarantee of the mare getting in foal! Yes, this inevitably led to crazy yearling prices for his stock too... Seattle Dancer at $13.1 million in 1984 and Snaafi Dancer at $10.2 million in 1982. Weighty arguments such as “restriction of trade” will return to the fray if the stud book authorities around the world start looking at this matter more closely. Who could blame a stallion owner for such thoughts when the resulting stallion income could be dramatically curtailed? So who is to be held to account for the current acceptance of large books? You cannot load responsibility purely on the stallion owners. We all must take our own share of the blame. The most vociferous mare owners are those who failed to get a nomination to their chosen stallion. They can be very indignant about either the price or lack of availability... sometimes both!
Jockey-Cub winner Study Of Man
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family of Kingmambo, East Of The Moon and Miesque, moves to Lanwades Stud in Newmarket. Winner of the Group 1 1m2f Prix du Jockey-Club and the Prix du Greffuhle (G2), he collected Group 1 runner-up spots in the Prix d’Ispahan and the Prix Ganay when second to Arc winner Waldgeist. Le Brivido, also from France, retires to Overbury Stud. The first son of Siyouni to retire to stud, he finished second in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) and won the Jersey Stakes (G3).
The double act
Weighty arguments such as ‘restriction of trade’ will return to the fray
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retires to Nunnery Stud. Inns Of Court, another by the leading Invincible Spirit, is heading to Tally-Ho Stud to stand alongside Kodiac, a halfbrother to the Irish National Stud’s leading sire. Trained by André Fabre, Inns Of Court won the Group 2 5f Prix du Gros-Chene this spring, having collected a runner-up spot in the Prix de la Fôret (G1) behind One Master in 2018. He also registered victories in the Group 3 6f Prix de RisOrange and as a three-year-old in
Similarly, every foal or yearling buyer wants the opportunity to buy the progeny of one of the top stallions around, so an increased number of progeny at the sales will give a greater chance. Likewise every trainer will want to have the best bred stock in his stable, so the more progeny in circulation increases that chance. One common denominator for all of the above is our love of racing horses. None of us would willingly jeopardise either the industry or, more particularly, the horses themselves. However, the question raised by The Jockey Club suggests that we all may be responsible for both such actions. There is a suggestion that the reduction in the gene pool could or already has affected the soundness,
fertility and diversity of the modern day racehorse. That is a serious allegation that has far-reaching consequences for the industry. To reach a fuller understanding of the problem, the only way forward is to have the best available research into all of the above questions. This should be a global study, preferably co-ordinated so that each of the major breeding industries in the world can compare ‘like with like’ to obtain a global assessment of the problem. This will cost money that some authorities may begrudge funding. However, if we all care for horses and racing, then these authorities should be strongly encouraged to participate. Sufficient time must be allowed to have the fullest and most professional analysis of the findings. In the meantime, no one should be hustled into making pronouncements and decisions that could have profound effects on the industry. There are few nations that can genuinely claim to be blame free. Most countries have examples of stallions covering very large books of mares and several of them have very obvious instances of dominant bloodlines reducing diversity. Japan has Sunday Silence. Australasia has Danehill. Europe has Galileo. Perhaps America has the most diverse bloodlines having moved away from the dominance of Bold Ruler and Raise A Native... but now I am showing my age again!
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Both 2,000 Guineas winners retire on the same day THE RETIREMENT of this year’s British and Irish 2,000 Guineas winners, Magna Grecia (Coolmore) and Phoenix Of Spain (Irish National Stud), was announced on the same day in October.
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USTRALIAN NETWORK ABC has brought retired racehorse welfare to the front of so many people’s minds in recent weeks with a shocking report into treatment of retired racehorses at a Queensland abattoir. This report has gained the attention of the industry and of the greater public to the extent that the Queensland Premier has announced a public enquiry into the matter. This is just the latest in a rash of international headline-grabbing stories following on from the crisis that arose in US racing due to the equine fatalities in a six-month period at Santa Anita and the backlash that greeted Taylor Swift from her fans and animal activists over her planned performance at the 2019 Melbourne Cup. This appearance has now been cancelled due to “scheduling difficulties” although according to her management Taylor Swift is due to return for the 2020 event. Earlier in the year 35 horses, including a number of thoroughbreds, were discovered in horrific conditions in County Wexford, in Ireland. I have often heard industry people dismiss the welfare activists as not understanding the sport or the high standards in which racehorses are cared for. And it is true, many of those against the industry simply do not wish to understand that such is the case. The invention of social media and such platforms as Twitter has given a voice to people from every walk of life and with every agenda. But the associated reports, images and discussions regarding horrific stories such as that in Australia damage the reputation of the thoroughbred industry. Stories from these isolated incidents can now spread around the world in minutes and do untold damage to our sport and industry. If our industry does not unite, not just within our respective jurisdictions but across the world, then untold damage will continue to occur to the reputation of the industry, so bad that it may not be able to recover. We must work not only to educate people about the high standards of care and aftercare in the industry, but also to ensure that this is the case for all thoroughbreds during racing and when they have retired or moved to a second career. Horseracing must continue to adapt and strive to meet ethical standards if it is to survive. We, as an industry, need to urge the authorities to crack down on those who commit horrible acts of neglect and mistreatment of equines both thoroughbred and non-thoroughbred. We need to ensure that there are harsher penalties in place to deter and prevent such crimes being committed, including financial and criminal punishments and make sure that the perpetrators are not allowed to handle horses again.
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went on to win the 2,000 Guineas on his three-year-old debut from subsequent QEII winner King Of Change. Next time out he finished fifth behind Phoenix Of Spain in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, the son of Lope De Vega also won the
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Classic on his seasonal debut. Phoenix Of Spain’s dam is a half-sister to Group-class miler and sire Special Kaldoun, while Magna Grecia is from the talented Witch Of Fife family and out of the Group 3 two-year-old winner Cabaret (Galileo).
Cathy Grassick discusses equine welfare and the retraining of racehorses
We also need to give as much support and assistance as possible to those organisations and charities that are doing the stellar work of re-homing horses and providing to relief to horses in distress. Godolphin has played a very important part in the area of retraining and re-homing of thoroughbreds. It has heavily invested in supporting retraining around the globe, and also has its own dedicated retraining yard in Newmarket. One great success stories is that of Namibian representing Great Britain at the Para-Dressage World Championships. Godolphin has also supported many initiatives, Grandeur winning at HOYS including the US-based Retired Racehorse Project and its excellent competition, the Thoroughbred Makeover. Diana Cooper of Godolphin, the strategic adviser on charities, has been instrumental in developing the work of the International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) under the encouragement of Sheikh Mohammed. From a personal point of view I have seen first-hand the amazing work that is being carried out by many welfare organisations across Britain and Ireland and have been delighted to see the extent to which the industry has supported charities such as the Irish Horse Welfare Trust and Retraining of Racehorses in their efforts to care for and promote ex-racehorses as suitable for another career. I have retrained a number of ex-racehorses for these competitions, such as China Rock and Moore’s Law, and was delighted to see that one of my former purchases Grandeur has gone on to achieve great things. Ridden by Jo Bates at the Horse of the Year Show, Grandeur won the coveted RoR Championship at HOYS, but also went on to finish second in the Large Hack Class against non-thoroughbreds too!
THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success
The Aga Khan Studs at the
BREEDING STOCK SALES Graduates of Aga Khan drafts at Arqana and Goffs Breeding Stock Sales have included the dams of 2019 Stakes horses CARTIEM, CHABLIS, GUILDSMAN, KASTASA, MARIE’S DIAMOND, PRECIOUS MOMENTS, RAYAPOUR, SAVARIN, SINAWANN, VERIMLI, etc. See our 2019 drafts for Goffs and Arqana at
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Where dreams are born... DECORATED KNIGHT (GB) (2012 c. by Galileo (IRE)), won 8 races at 3 to 5 years, 2017 at home and in U.A.E. and £1,325,886 including Tattersalls Gold Cup, Curragh, Gr.1, QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.1, Emirates Airline Jebel Hatta, Meydan, Gr.1, ICON Meld Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.3, Al Basti Equiworld Festival Stakes, Goodwood, L. and Betway Winter Derby Trial Stakes, Lingfield Park, L., placed 7 times including second in Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, Investec Diomed Stakes, Epsom Downs, Gr.3 and third in Shadwell Joel Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2; sire. 1st Dam PEARLING (USA) Own sister to YOU’RESOTHRILLING (USA), GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (USA), Tumblebrutus (USA), Tiger Dance (USA), Freud (USA); 2nd Dam MARIAH’S STORM (USA), won 10 races at 2 to 4 years in U.S.A. and £475,571 including Arlington Washington Lassie Stakes, Arlington Int., Gr.2, Budweiser Turfway Park Breeders’ Cup Handicap, Turfway Park, Gr.2, Arlington Matron Handicap, Arlington Int., Gr.3, Arlington Heights Oaks, Arlington Int., Gr.3, Falls City Handicap, Churchill Downs, Gr.3, Ak-Sar-Ben Oaks, Ak-Sar-Ben, Gr.3, placed third in Spinster Stakes, Keeneland, Gr.1; Dam of eight winners from 11 runners and 13 foals of racing age includingGIANT’S CAUSEWAY (USA) (c. by Storm Cat (USA)), Champion 3yo in Europe in 2000 (9.5-10.5f.), won 9 races at 2 and 3 years at home and in France, £2,031,426 including Juddmonte International, York, Gr.1 Eclipse Stakes, Sandown, Gr.1, Irish Champion Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.1, St James’s Palace Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.1, Sussex Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.1, Prix de la Salamandre, Longchamp, Gr.1, Champion sire. YOU’RESOTHRILLING (USA)(f. by Storm Cat (USA)), won 2 races at 2 years and £109,644 viz Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cherry Hinton Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2 and Swordlestown Stud Naas Sprint Stakes, Naas, Gr.3, placed 3 times; dam of winners. GLENEAGLES (IRE) Champion 2yr old colt in Ireland in 2014, Champion 3yr old miler in Europe in 2015, 7 races at 2 and 3 years and £934,200 including Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, St. James’s Palace Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, 2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1; sire. HAPPILY (IRE), 4 races at 2 years, 2017 at home and in France, £564,359 including Moyglare Stud Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, Chantilly, Gr.1, third in Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1 and 1000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1. MARVELLOUS (IRE) 2 races at 2 and 3 years and £160,222 incl. Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1. TAJ MAHAL (IRE) 2 races at 2 and 3 years, 2017 at home and in Australia including Sandown Classic, Sandown Hillside, Gr.2, second in Secretariat Stakes, Gr.1. COOLMORE (IRE) 1 race at 2 years and £160,750 viz C L & M F Weld Park Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3, third in Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.1.
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DECORATED KNIGHT Standing at Irish National Stud
YOUR HIGHWAY TO KNIGHTHOOD ‘Strong, correct and athletic first crop foals’ Tony Nerses
Filly by Decorated Knight x Lady Wingshot, multiple Gr.3 and Listed winner
Colt by Decorated Knight x Miss Laila, 2 year old winner
Colt by Decorated Knight x Nouriya, multiple Listed winner dam of Gr.2 winner Aljazzi
Colt by Decorated Knight x Shaden, Gr.3 winner
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gb and ire racing review Magical just keeps coming back for more: the Galileo filly has run nine times and in seven Group 1 races in 2019 and she has only finished out of the first two placings once
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ALILEO AND his half-brother Sea The Stars supplied three of the five Group winners on British Champions’ Day, while their phenomenal dam Urban Sea was grandmother of the first three home in the Group 2 Long Distance Cup. Galileo’s 2018 St Leger winner Kew Gardens edged out Sea The Stars’ champion stayer son Stradivarius in a thrilling finish to the Long Distance Cup. The third home Royal Line is out of Melikah, a Lammtarra halfsister to the two stallions, who placed in both the Oaks and Irish Oaks of 2000. Winner of the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes, Melikah is also the dam of Masterstroke who stands at Haras du Logis, the Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Moonlight Magic and Villarica, who is the dam of Group 2 winner Khawlah. She, in turn, is the dam of Godolphin’s 2018 homebred Derby winner Masar. Galileo’s tough and talented daughter Magical gave Aidan O’Brien a belated
Magical’s misfortune, if that can be said about the winner of four Group 1 races, is to have raced in the same era as Enable birthday gift of his first victory in the Group 1 Champions’ Stakes, one of the very few top races to have previously eluded the master of Ballydoyle. Magical’s misfortune, if that can be said about the winner of four Group 1 races, is to
have raced in the same era as Enable – she has finished second three times to the John Gosden-trained daughter of Nathaniel. Magical joined an elite club of horses who have won both the Irish Champion and Champion Stakes in the same season – the fillies Triptych and Indian Skimmer took the double in 1987 and 1988, Pilsudski in 1997, the 2008 winner of the two races was New Approach and Almanzor was previously successful in both in 2016. The daughter of Galileo is a full-sister to Group 1 Fillies’ Mile, Prix de l’Opera and Lockinge Stakes winner Rhododendron, and the Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Flying The Flag, who is at stud in South Africa. She also has a two-year-old full-sister named Heaven Of Heavens who holds an entry in next year’s Irish 1,000 Guineas, a foal full-brother and their dam, the triple Group 1 winner Halfway To Heaven, was covered by Galileo this year. Halfway To Heaven, by Pivotal, was bred by Trevor Stewart out of his brilliant mare
A tight finish to the Long Distance Cup saw Stradivarius’s unbeaten run of ten, including four Group1 victories, come to an end by just a nose
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Dubawi’s spectacular European Champion juvenile – and Timeform’s top-rated three-year-old, too. Won the G1 Dewhurst beating winners of the Commonwealth Cup and Derby – earning a higher race rating than Frankel. Unbeaten at two, then won the G1 Sussex and G1 Jean Prat at three. Out of three-time G1 winner Dar Re Mi and the fastest in the stallion-making family of Darshaan. NEW for 2020 at Dalham Hall Stud.
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Derby winning son and grandson of legends Won 3 races, £1,033,142, 1600m - 2100m
HALO SUNDAY SILENCE
At 2 Won Prix As d’Atout, Saint-Cloud
WISHING WELL
DEEP IMPACT
ALZAO WIND IN HER HAIR
At 3 Won Gr.1 French Derby, Chantilly Won Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe, Saint-Cloud 3rd Gr.2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano, Deauville
BURGHCLERE STORM BIRD STORM CAT TERLINGUA
SECOND HAPPINESS
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NUREYEV MIESQUE PASADOBLE
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL OUTCROSS PEDIGREE
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gb and ire racing review Bred by Stewart out of Allez Alaia, that filly was sold by Ballyhimikin Stud to Shadwell for 1,050,000gns. Sending the yearling through the ring was a decision that the breeder was wrestling with right through to the auction process, but as he said in the post-sale interviews “You can’t turn away from a million!”
Cassandra Go, winner of the King’s Stand Stakes and Temple Stakes. A half-sister to Coventry Stakes (G2) winner and sire Verglas, she is also the second dam of Grade 1 winner Photo Call as well as the Dark Angel filly who broke the record for the most expensive yearling sold at Tattersalls Book 2 this October.
Two-year-old review: Godolphin dominating the colt’s sector, stakes winners for young sires
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HILE THE COLTS’ JUVENILE GROUP 1s have been dominated by the Godolphin sons of Shamardal, Pinatubo and Earthlight, who between them hoovered up the Prix Morny, Middle Park, National and Dewhurst Stakes, the fillies’ spoils have been spread around a little more. Jessica Harrington possesses a team of top-class juvenile fillies in Albigna, Millisle and Cayenne Pepper with Albigna (Zoffany), winner of the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardére, set to become the trainer’s first Breeders’ Cup runner in the Juvenile Fillies’ Turf. Harrington’s Millisle, a daughter of Starspangledbanner, landed the 6f Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes from the Queen Mary winner and Prix Morny second Raffle Prize. Racing in the colours of her owner-breeders the Jennings family’s Stonethorn Farms Limited, Millisle is one of ten winners from 12 runners out of the Indian Ridge mare Green Castle, who is a daughter of the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks second and Group 1 Irish Oaks third Green Lucia. Millisle is a half-sister to the Listed Braveheart Stakes winner Ithoughtitwasover by Hurricane Run, Glenmayne by Duke Of Marmalade who was third in the Listed Challenge Stakes, and the multiple Listed-placed filly Green Island. She is by Fasliyev and has produced the Listed winner Shamshon by Invincible Spirit. Millisle is the second Group 1 winner by the dual-hemisphere Group 1 winner Starspangledbanner, a son of Choisir, who won the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas and Oakleigh Plate in Australia and the Group 1 July Cup and Golden Jubilee Stakes. His second dam National Song is a
half-sister to outstanding broodmare Circles Of Gold, winner of the Group 1 AJC Oaks and dam of Group 1 Caulfield Cup and Dubai Duty Free winner and sire Elvstroem, Haradasun, who won the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes and Doncaster Handicap, and Hveger. She finished third in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks and is the dam of multiple Group 1 winner and young Coolmore Stud sire Highland Reel, Cape Of Good Hope, who won the Group 1 Ladbrokes Stakes in October, and the Group 2 Great Voltiguer Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes winner Idaho, all three sons of Galileo. Despite his previous fertility issues which have limited his offspring of racing age to just 118 and only 79 starters, Starspangledbanner has an enormously impressive strike rate with 44 winners from those 79 runners. Nine of those are black-type winners, including Royal Ascot winners The Wow Signal, who also won the Group 1 Prix Morny, and Anthem Alexander, winner of the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes. The aforementioned Quadrilateral became the tenth Group 1 winner sired by Frankel when she extended her unbeaten run to with a narrow victory in the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile. Her pedigree is pure Juddmonte on both sides and her dam line is galaxy of the farm’s stars. She is the fourth foal out of Nimble Thimble, a Mizzen Mast half-sister to Coventry Stakes (G2) winner Three Valleys. Lightly raced, Nimble Thimble won a maiden over just shy of 1m2f as a three-year-old and is the dam of three winners from four runners. Her three-year-old Kingman colt Boardman, who is trained by Pascal Bary and was third in the Listed Prix Saint Patrick, was catalogued to sell as part of Juddmonte’s draft at the
Tattersalls Horses In Training Sale. Second dam Skiable by Niniski was second in the Listed Matching Stakes at Del Mar and is also the second dam of Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes winner and Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes second Scissor Kick, whose first northern hemisphere yearlings sold this autumn. Skiable is a half-sister to Juddmonte’s renowned blue hen Hasili – dam of Group 1 winners Banks Hill, Intercontinental and Heat Haze, as well as the Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed stallion Dansili. Nimble Thimble has a two-year-old full-sister to Quadrilateral in training.
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HE GROUP 2 ACTION saw first-season sire Capella Sansevero record his first Group winner with the victory of Pierre Lapin in the Mill Reef Stakes (G2). He is a half-brother to the former champion three-year-old sprinter Harry Angel, who covered his first mares for Darley this year. Dam Beatrix Potter was purchased by China Horse Club for whom she had an Invincible Spirit yearling filly sold by Baroda Stud to Godolphin for €1million at October’s Goffs Orby, and she was a member of the stellar group of mares in Triple Crown winner Justify’s first book. Gleneagles notched a second Group 2 winner from his first crop when Royal Dornoch took the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes, breaking the track record. He is a half-brother to Group 2 German 1,000 Guineas winner Hawkmoor by Azamour, who was placed in six Group/ Grade 1 contests. Dam Bridal Dance is a daughter of Danehill Dancer, who has clicked so well with Gleneagle’s sire Galileo, and she was purchased in-foal to
Dark Angel at the 2015 Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale for €260,000 by Gatewood Bell. She is a half-sister to the Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Millennium Dragon and her Marju daughter Qatar Princess is the dam of Flaming Princess, by Hot Streak, who won the Listed Prix Cavalassur de la Vallee d’Auge at Deauville this season. Royal Dornoch was purchased for 240,000gns by Amanda Skiffington at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale and has a yearling brother by Galileo. The Group 3 Autumn Stakes winner Military March is another colt to have Godolphin dreaming of Classic glory next year. Military March’s pedigree screams Derby as he is a son of Derby winner New Approach, sire of last year’s Derby winner Masar, and out of the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks, Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes and Group 3 Musidora Stakes winner Punctilious. Punctilious was bred by Bjorn Nielsen and purchased by Godolphin towards the end of her juvenile season. She is the dam of Group 3 Vintage Crop Stakes third Clongowes Wood, a full-brother to Military March, and has a foal full-sister to the pair as well as a Dubawi yearling colt. The Group 3 Oh So Sharp Stakes winner Rose Of Kildare was another flying the flag for her first-season sire, Ballylinch Stud’s dual Group 1 winner Make Believe. Her purchase price of €3,000 looks one of the bargains of the decade now she is a dual Group 3 winner. She is one of three stakes winners from the first crop of Make Believe, the others being Group 3 Preis der Winterkonigin winner Ocean Fantasy and Tammami, who added the Listed Prix Isonomy at Deauville to a CV that included a Listed second.
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gb and ire racing review He did comment that there will be very few fillies from the family on the market in future – the rarity value of the daughter of Dark Angel helping lead to that record price. Sea The Stars’ Irish Oaks winner Star Catcher added the Group 1 British Champions Fillies’ and Mares’ Stakes to a haul which also includes the Group 1 Prix Vermeille and Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes for trainer John Gosden and owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer. Ironically, she prevented Sea The Stars’ half-brother Galileo from equaling Danehill’s record of 84 Group/Grade 1 winners as she prevailed narrowly from the Galileo filly Delphinia. Star Catcher was the third Royal Ascot winner out of Lynwood Chase after the Tercentenary Stakes-winning Lemon Drop Kid full-brothers Pisco Sour and Cannock Chase, who was also successful in the Grade 1 Canadian International. Sadly, Lynwood Chase died after foaling a colt by Time Test this year, but has a two-year-old daughter by Kingman named Maurimo in training with Roger Charlton and a Frankel yearling filly, both retained by Oppenheimer. The breeder announced after the meeting that the filly stays in training for 2020, and that he will have around 11 fillies in training in next year – his Hascombe and Valiant Stud seemingly on a roll of filly production over the past two years. Two new names were added to the roll of Group 1 honours at Ascot on Champions’ Day with King Of Change and Donjuan Triumphant smashing through that particular glass ceiling. The colts are at different stages of their careers with Donjuan Triumphant’s victory in the Sprint the crowning glory of his racing career. Trainer Andrew Balding revealed the race was the six-year-old’s last as the horse is retiring to stud in France, where his sire Dream Ahead has stood for the past two seasons. Donjuan Triumphant was the first horse bought by the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and the first to carry the King Power silks to victory in a Group 1 race. The success was particularly poignant coming just days before the first anniversary of the death of the Leicester City owner in a helicopter crash at the club’s grounds. A week before the tragic accident, Donjuan Triumphant had finished third in the Champions’ Sprint and was also placed in the Group 1 Haydock Sprint Cup last season. When trained by Richard Fahey for previous owners Middleham Park, he had
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Donjuan Triumphant won his Group 1 days before the first anniversary of his late owner’s death
finished second in the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at three and was fourth in the Group 1 Criterium International as a twoyear-old. In his juvenile season he won the Group 2 Criterium de Maisons-Lafitte and the Listed Donjuan Triumphant: his Invincible Spirit half-brother is due to sell at the Goffs Foal Sale
Rockingham Stakes. Last season he finished up by winning the Listed Wentworth Stakes. Donjuan Triumphant was bred by Patrick Cosgrove and the Make Believe Syndicate, and was sold by Cosgrove’s Kilcarn Park Stud for €58,000 to Lynn Lodge Stud at the 2013 Goffs November Foal Sale. He was not sold at the Orby Sale for €50,000 and was reconsigned at the Craven Breeze-Up where he was purchased by Middleham Park Racing for 30,000gns. He is a half-brother to the Listed Ascendant Stakes winner Caledonian Spring by Amadeus Wolf and they are two of the four winners so far out of Mathuna, a daughter of Tagula who was a winner at two in France. She is a half-sister to Group 3 Prix Chloe winner Wilside (Verglas), who has produced the Listed winner Sagiran, and to Round Heels, a Listed winner in France and placed in Grade 2 and 3 company in America. The second dam is an unraced Priolo half-sister to the Listed winner and Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club third Sestino. His victory provides the perfect update for his Invincible Spirit half-brother who is catalogued as Lot 728 in the Goffs November Foal Sale, due to be sold by Kilcarn Park. Their unraced three-year-old Teofilo halfbrother Tactical Approach was listed as Lot 21 in the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training
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AL WUKAIR 1st yearlings in 2020 Winner of the Prix Jacques le Marois Gr.1 over the mile at 3, like Dubawi & Kingman before him
1st 2-year-olds in 2020 Invincible Spirit’s best 2-year-old performer - Ever
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1st yearlings in 2020
50% winners to runners
The fastest Gr.1 winner by Sea The Stars
Sire of 9 blacktypes from his 1st crop, and one of the highest % 2-year-olds winners in Europe
OLYMPIC GLORY Group 1 sire Sire of 7 blacktypes & 2 Gr.1 performers from his 1st crop AL SHAQAB RACING
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W O N DER F U L DAM L IN E
£1,326,618 in prize money, 8 wins and 5 places
Dam an own-sister to Giant’s Causeway from the family of Gleneagles, Happily, Marvellous etc
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Colt ex Arwa, out of a sister to Champion Order of St George
Colt ex Gr.3 Princess Margaret winner Princess Noor and Family Of Dream Ahead and Fairyland
Colt ex Stakes mare Neuquen from the Family of The Gurkha and Authorized
Colt ex Babberina from the Family of Together and Jan Vermeer
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A son of Diktat, Dream Ahead won the Group 1 Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes and was joint champion two-year-old along with no less a luminary than Frankel Sale, where he was joined by his four-year-old Raven’s Pass half-brother Baccarat, a winner at three and four and rated 84 for the same connections as Donjuan Triumphant. He is the third Group 1 winner, and second of the month, for his sire Dream Ahead after the victory of Glass Slippers in the Abbaye. A son of Diktat, Dream Ahead won the Group 1 Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes and was joint champion two-year-old along with no less a luminary than Frankel. He went on to be champion three-year-old sprinter of 2011 with victories in the Group 1 July Cup, Haydock Sprint Cup and Prix de la Forêt, and is half-brother to the dam of the Group 1 Flying Five and Cheveley Park Stakes winner Fairyland. He relocated to Haras de Grandcamp in 2017 after spending his first five breeding seasons at Ballylinch Stud. Winner of five Group 1 contests in total, Dream Ahead is also the sire of Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois winner Al Wukair. He stands at Haras de Bouquetot and his first foals are sold this winter. King Of Change was victorious in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup to give his sire Farhh a first win at the highest level. The three-year-old was second in the 2,000 Guineas after breaking his maiden in April and, given a mid-season break by trainer Richard Hannon, returned to win the Listed Fortune Stakes in September. Farhh ended his own racing career with victory in the 2013 Champions’ Stakes and
King Of Change: the first Group 1 winner for his Pivotal sire Farhh. He was bred by Rabbah Bloodstock
the son of Pivotal has sired a notable number of black-type winners considering his subfertility issues. From just three small crops of racing age, the son of Pivotal has produced 31 winners from 58 runners and sired the Epsom Derby (G1) and Ascot Gold Cup (G1) second Dee Ex Bee, Group 2 winners Move Swiftly and Nocturnal Fox and the Group 3 Acomb Stakes winner Wells Farhh Go, as well as Listed winners Elegiac, Fa Ul Sciur and Far Above. Standing for £10,000 at Dalham Hall Stud, he has 18 yearlings registered and almost double that amount of foals. His first Group 1 winner was bred by
Rabbah Bloodstock and is the third runner and third winner out of Salacia, a daughter of Echo Of Light who won over 7f at three. Her second foal is the Group 3 winner Century Dream (Cape Cross), who was seventh to his younger half-brother at Ascot, and has previously been placed in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, Arlington Million, Jebel Hatta and last year’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. After foaling three colts in a row, Salacia had three daughters in succession – a twoyear-old by Pivotal named Banna in training with Simon Crisford, a Golden Horn yearling and Sea The Stars foal, and she was covered by Invincible Spirit this year
Enjoying a well-deserved drink: jockey Sean Levey says King Of Change is the best he has ridden
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stallion stats Leading sires in Europe 2019: (by prize-money earned to October 22, 2019) Stallion Galileo Dubawi Sea The Stars Shamardal Frankel Nathaniel Siyouni Dark Angel Kodiac Le Havre Lope de Vega Invincible Spirit Zoffany Kingman Camelot Kendargent Pivotal Showcasing Oasis Dream Holy Roman Emperor Dream Ahead Mastercraftsman Dandy Man No Nay Never Champs Elysees Bated Breath Footstepsinthesand Acclamation Dansili Teofilo Iffraaj New Approach Exceed And Excel Australia Rock of Gibraltar Farhh Zebedee Rajsaman Dutch Art Casamento Sea The Moon Dawn Approach Elusive City Makfi Motivator Areion Intello Wootton Bassett
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Sadler’s Wells-Urban Sea (Miswaki) 2002 Dubai Millennium-Zomaradah (Deploy) 2006 Cape Cross-Urban Sea (Miswaki) 2010 Giant’s Causeway-Helsinki (Machiavellian) 2005 Galileo-Kind (Danehill) 2013 Galileo-Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk) 2013 Pivotal-Sichilla (Danehill) 2011 Acclamation-Midnight Angel (Machiavellian) 2008 Danehill-Rafha (Kris) 2007 Noverre-Marie Rheinberg (Surako) 2010 Shamardal-Lady Vettori (Vettori) 2011 Green Desert-Rafha (Kris) 2003 Dansili-Tyranny (Machiavellian) 2012 Invincible Spirit-Zenda (Zamindar) 2015 Montjeu-Tarfah (Kingmambo) 2014 Kendor-Pax Bella (Linamix) 2008 Polar Falcon-Fearless Revival (Cozzene) 1997 Oasis Dream-Arabesque (Zafonic) 2011 Green Desert-Hope (Dancing Brave) 2004 Danehill-L’On Vite (Secretariat) 2007 Diktat-Land of Dreams (Cadeaux Genereux) 2012 Danehill Dancer-Starlight Dreams (Black Tie Affair) 2010 Mozart-Lady Alexander (Night Shift) 2010 Scat Daddy-Cat’s Eye Witness (Elusive Quality) 2015 Danehill-Hasili (Kahyasi) 2010 Dansili-Tantina (Distant View) 2013 Giant’s Causeway-Glatisant (Rainbow Quest) 2006 Royal Applause-Princess Athena (Ahonoora) 2004 Danehill-Hasili (Kahyasi) 2001 Galileo-Speirbhean (Danehill) 2008 Zafonic-Pastorale (Nureyev) 2007 Galileo-Park Express (Ahonoora) 2009 Danehill-Patrona (Lomond) 2004 Galileo-Ouija Board (Cape Cross) 2015 Danehill-Offshore Boom (Be My Guest) 2003 Pivotal-Gonbarda (Lando) 2014 Invincible Spirit-Cozy Maria (Cozzene) 2011 Linamix-Rose Quartz (Lammtarra) 2013 Medicean-Halland Park Lass (Spectrum) 2008 Shamardal-Wedding Gift (Always Fair) 2013 Sea The Stars-Sanwa (Monsun) 2015 New Approach-Hymn of the Dawn (Phone Trick) 2014 Elusive Quality-Star of Paris (Dayjur) 2005 Dubawi-Dhelaal Green Desert) 2011 Montjeu-Out West (Gone West) 2006 Big Shuffle-Aerleona Caerleon) 2001 Galileo-Impressionnante (Danehill) 2014 Iffraaj-Balladonia (Primo Dominie) 2012
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Wnrs 89 97 91 83 64 62 93 125 151 81 102 105 101 69 77 84 53 65 74 71 59 84 104 46 66 73 81 75 54 51 73 56 76 35 51 21 88 56 78 58 34 36 57 53 36 52 38 37
Wins 143 152 135 134 106 92 127 189 213 127 153 159 149 92 112 121 87 95 110 108 94 127 171 64 101 103 123 121 79 79 108 91 122 66 77 34 133 85 119 83 62 51 79 75 56 88 53 48
Wnrs/Rnrs% SWnrs SWs 41.58 50.52 50.55 44.38 52.45 37.34 38.42 39.06 39.22 46.02 40.00 46.05 38.69 53.48 44.00 46.15 44.16 34.57 38.34 39.44 37.82 38.35 39.69 40.00 42.30 39.03 39.32 37.50 35.76 30.17 33.79 37.33 36.71 31.53 33.55 52.50 37.93 29.94 52.00 33.91 39.08 26.27 41.91 39.84 30.76 53.60 33.92 35.92
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47 15,855,633 27 5,445,308 25 5,400,956 32 5,301,420 24 4,515,373 9 4,365,670 12 4,252,630 9 3,777,150 10 3,257,019 12 3,227,829 17 3,151,219 13 3,104,191 11 2,967,176 16 2,703,088 13 2,441,648 9 2,186,308 6 2,155,510 6 2,140,792 8 2,118,961 6 2,093,039 8 2,081,692 9 2,018,854 4 2,014,795 13 1,963,254 13 1,960,883 11 1,958,709 4 1,958,647 4 1,909,207 2 1,904,265 9 1,856,372 4 1,623,151 10 1,607,990 5 1,593,096 10 1,573,252 3 1,557,930 8 1,554,122 3 1,469,559 0 1,372,829 5 1,351,178 4 1,313,125 5 1,295,122 3 1,276,408 2 1,271,064 2 1,258,158 3 1,243,589 8 1,238,805 6 1,238,470 2 1,200,025
stallion stats Leading sires of two-year-olds in Europe 2019: (by prize-money earned to October 22, 2019) Stallion
Breeding
To Stud
Rnrs
Runs
Courtesy of Weatherbys Wnrs
Wins
Wnrs/Rnrs% SWnrs SWs
£
Shamardal Giant’s Causeway-Helsinki (Machiavellian) 2005 20 52 6 18 30.00 4 9 1,451,015 No Nay Never Scat Daddy-Cat’s Eye Witness (Elusive Quality) 2015 63 216 27 37 42.85 5 6 1,078,973 Galileo Sadler’s Wells-Urban Sea (Miswaki) 2002 58 134 17 24 29.31 5 7 1,031,946 Night of Thunder Dubawi-Forest Storm (Galileo) 2016 38 128 25 37 65.78 4 4 783,695 Zoffany Dansili-Tyranny (Machiavellian) 2012 73 224 22 26 30.13 1 2 711,288 Siyouni Pivotal-Sichilla (Danehill) 2011 69 160 26 32 37.68 3 3 685,293 Cable Bay Invincible Spirit-Rose de France (Diktat) 2016 56 239 23 36 41.07 1 2 671,538 Footstepsinthesand Giant’s Causeway-Glatisant (Rainbow Quest) 2006 47 147 13 25 27.65 2 3 659,577 Lope de Vega Shamardal-Lady Vettori (Vettori) 2011 57 132 22 30 38.59 4 4 584,265 Dandy Man Mozart-Lady Alexander (Night Shift) 2010 83 353 30 47 36.14 1 1 569,476 Gleneagles Galileo-You’resothrilling (Storm Cat) 2016 50 128 22 28 44.00 3 3 532,597 Wootton Bassett Iffraaj-Balladonia (Primo Dominie) 2012 43 125 14 17 32.55 2 2 526,175 Kingman Invincible Spirit-Zenda (Zamindar) 2015 52 124 25 32 48.07 4 4 523,812 Dark Angel Acclamation-Midnight Angel (Machiavellian) 2008 89 289 26 33 29.21 1 1 503,662 Kodiac Danehill-Rafha (Kris) 2007 107 382 35 41 32.71 0 0 490,923 Frankel Galileo-Kind (Danehill) 2013 24 55 10 13 41.66 1 1 470,812 Areion Big Shuffle-Aerleona (Caerleon) 2001 10 32 7 13 70.00 2 4 466,618 Starspangledbanner Choisir-Gold Anthem (Made Of Gold) 2011 43 159 16 23 37.20 1 2 434,652 War Front Danzig-Starry Dreamer (Rubiano) 2007 29 88 12 15 41.37 2 2 422,785 Bated Breath Dansili-Tantina (Distant View) 2013 38 121 12 19 31.57 3 4 404,646 Invincible Spirit Green Desert-Rafha (Kris) 2003 53 135 20 22 37.73 0 0 380,770 Showcasing Oasis Dream-Arabesque (Zafonic) 2011 50 161 16 18 32.00 1 2 378,123 Lethal Force Dark Angel-Land Army (Desert Style) 2014 39 138 15 20 38.46 1 1 372,185 Sakhee’s Secret Sakhee-Palace Street (Secreto) 2009 35 120 18 25 51.42 1 2 370,867 Gutaifan Dark Angel-Alikhlas (Lahib) 2016 74 295 25 32 33.78 0 0 362,188 Anjaal Bahamian Bounty-Ballymore Celebre (Peintre Celebre) 2016 60 244 15 26 25.00 0 0 361,668 Due Diligence War Front-Bema (Pulpit) 2016 46 159 16 27 34.78 3 4 360,228 Slade Power Dutch Art-Girl Power (Key of Luck) 2015 33 102 6 10 18.18 1 2 356,092 Iffraaj Zafonic-Pastorale (Nureyev) 2007 47 120 12 18 25.53 1 1 346,062 Charm Spirit Invincible Spirit-L’Enjoleuse (Montjeu) 2015 41 126 14 18 34.14 0 0 326,976 Camacho Danehill-Arabesque (Zafonic) 2006 78 327 21 26 26.92 0 0 309,895 Society Rock Rock of Gibraltar-High Society (Key of Luck) 2014 26 118 7 11 26.92 2 4 300,561 Make Believe Makfi-Rosie’s Posy (Suave Dancer) 2016 39 122 11 17 28.20 2 3 296,252 Ivawood Zebedee-Keenes Royale (Red Ransom) 2016 45 188 14 18 31.11 2 2 283,315 Epaulette Commands-Accessories (Singspiel) 2014 37 152 11 18 29.72 1 1 277,912 Bungle Inthejungle Exceed And Excel-Licence To Thrill (Wolfhound) 2015 29 105 10 15 34.48 1 1 275,385 Holy Roman Emperor Danehill-L’On Vite (Secretariat) 2007 32 97 11 16 34.37 2 2 273,165 Acclamation Royal Applause-Princess Athena (Ahonoora) 2004 43 142 14 16 32.55 0 0 269,040 Alhebayeb Dark Angel-Miss Indigo (Indian Ridge) 2015 26 129 8 14 30.76 2 2 265,949 First Defence Unbridled’s Song-Honest Lady (Seattle Slew) 2009 1 4 1 4 100.00 1 3 265,574 Dubawi Dubai Millennium-Zomaradah (Deploy) 2006 37 98 13 18 35.13 2 2 262,773 Intello Galileo-Impressionnante (Danehill) 2014 23 50 8 11 34.78 1 1 262,089 Dabirsim Hat Trick-Rumored (Royal Academy) 2014 41 105 12 15 29.26 0 0 256,263 Toronado High Chaparral-Wana Doo (Grand Slam) 2015 27 96 11 20 40.74 0 0 255,402 Outstrip Exceed And Excel-Asi Siempre (El Prado) 2016 54 180 16 22 29.62 1 1 236,223 Coach House Oasis Dream-Lesson In Humility (Mujadil) 2015 26 100 7 10 26.92 1 1 233,298 Poet’s Voice Dubawi-Bright Tiara (Chief’s Crown) 2012 49 134 14 17 28.57 0 0 229,603 Victory Gallop Cryptoclearance-Victorious Lil (Vice Regent) 2000 3 9 1 5 33.33 1 5 228,817
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The best 5f performer of his generation at two and three RACING POST
Ballyhane
Showcasing-Dijarvo
France’s CHAMPION 2yo Colt Europe’s FASTEST 2yo Colt Europe’s FASTEST 3yo Colt
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He showed brilliance right from the start and he was a joy to train. He’s such a good-looking colt with a wonderful temperament and attitude. Archie Watson
Ballyhane Stud Leighlinbridge, Co.Carlow, Ireland.
Joe Foley: +353 86 252 4135 Office: +353 59 972 2068 Web: www.ballyhane.com
Jane Foley: +353 86 806 6000 Email: info@ballyhane.com
stallion stats Leading broodmare sires in Europe 2019: (by prize-money earned to October 22, 2019) Stallion
Breeding
Pivotal Polar Falcon-Fearless Revival (Cozzene) Galileo Sadler’s Wells-Urban Sea (Miswaki) Danehill Dancer Danehill-Mira Adonde (Sharpen Up) Sadler’s Wells Northern Dancer-Fairy Bridge (Bold Reason) Monsun Konigsstuhl-Mosella (Surumu) Danehill Danzig-Razyana (His Majesty) Dansili Danehill-Hasili (Kahyasi) Oasis Dream Green Desert-Hope (Dancing Brave) Montjeu Sadler’s Wells-Floripedes (Top Ville) Singspiel In the Wings-Glorious Song (Halo) Exceed And Excel Danehill-Patrona (Lomond) Green Desert Danzig-Foreign Courier (Sir Ivor) Invincible Spirit Green Desert-Rafha (Kris) Indian Ridge Ahonoora-Hillbrow (Swing Easy) Shamardal Giant’s Causeway-Helsinki (Machiavellian) Kingmambo Mr. Prospector-Miesque (Nureyev) Cape Cross Green Desert-Park Appeal (Ahonoora) Selkirk Sharpen Up-Annie Edge (Nebbiolo) Anabaa Danzig-Balbonella (Gay Mecene) Mark of Esteem Darshaan-Homage (Ajdal) Dalakhani Darshaan-Daltawa (Miswaki) Peintre Celebre Nureyev-Peinture Bleue (Alydar) Royal Applause Waajib-Flying Melody (Auction Ring) King’s Best Kingmambo-Allegretta (Lombard) Lomitas Niniski-La Colorada (Surumu) Dubawi Dubai Millennium-Zomaradah (Deploy) Rock of Gibraltar Danehill-Offshore Boom (Be My Guest) Darshaan Shirley Heights-Delsy (Abdos) Acclamation Royal Applause-Princess Athena (Ahonoora) Verglas Highest Honor-Rahaam (Secreto) Bering Arctic Tern-Beaune (Lyphard) Daylami Doyoun-Daltawa (Miswaki) Cadeaux Genereux Young Generation-Smarten Up (Sharpen Up) Giant’s Causeway Storm Cat-Mariah’s Storm (Rahy) Dylan Thomas Danehill-Lagrion (Diesis) Barathea Sadler’s Wells-Brocade (Habitat) Street Cry Machiavellian-Helen Street (Troy) Hernando Niniski-Whakilyric (Miswaki) Dynaformer Roberto-Andover Way (His Majesty) Dubai Destination Kingmambo-Mysterial (Alleged) Kyllachy Pivotal-Pretty Poppy (Song) Elusive Quality Gone West-Touch of Greatness (Hero’s Honor) Rainbow Quest Blushing Groom-I Will Follow (Herbager) Diktat Warning-Arvola (Sadler’s Wells) High Chaparral Sadler’s Wells-Kasora (Darshaan) Medicean Machiavellian-Mystic Goddess (Storm Bird) Halling Diesis-Dance Machine (Green Dancer) Muhtathir Elmaamul-Majmu (Al Nasr)
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Rnrs
Courtesy of Weatherbys Runs
2001 414 2069 2006 496 2171 2003 393 1996 1988 370 1784 2001 193 947 1994 214 1123 2005 339 1617 2008 366 1964 2005 325 1628 2002 225 1178 2009 178 948 1992 222 1241 2007 345 1844 1994 178 983 2010 205 983 1998 128 686 2004 273 1417 1997 223 1165 2001 198 1073 2001 125 682 2008 196 919 2003 179 840 2002 218 1140 2005 222 1114 2000 133 693 2010 166 779 2007 219 1072 1990 99 537 2008 160 939 2006 180 1011 1991 92 509 2004 92 471 1995 157 831 2005 153 691 2011 64 355 1999 222 1147 2006 110 546 2000 114 653 1995 75 355 2008 122 681 2007 143 763 2003 117 607 1991 142 717 2005 111 578 2008 154 740 2006 158 860 2001 151 687 2005 84 434
Wnrs
Wins
Wnrs/Rnrs% SWnrs SWs
160 247 188 280 159 257 134 202 84 126 73 119 131 197 144 227 130 193 99 152 62 99 89 145 112 183 76 116 78 126 54 91 106 156 89 153 79 118 56 91 67 101 68 96 63 104 78 124 62 93 72 110 69 92 37 59 71 113 63 94 33 54 39 58 65 89 56 78 28 46 70 112 48 82 44 69 32 45 49 83 53 98 45 72 48 81 41 65 59 79 53 78 47 77 36 54
38.64 37.90 40.45 36.21 43.52 34.11 38.64 39.34 40.00 44.00 34.83 40.09 32.46 42.69 38.04 42.18 38.82 39.91 39.89 44.80 34.18 37.98 28.89 35.13 46.61 43.37 31.50 37.37 44.37 35.00 35.86 42.39 41.40 36.60 43.75 31.53 43.63 38.59 42.66 40.16 37.06 38.46 33.80 36.93 38.31 33.54 31.12 42.85
£
21 30 9,134,730 29 37 7,861,892 18 22 6,210,409 13 20 5,716,735 9 12 4,950,235 11 15 4,266,798 12 14 4,219,221 11 17 3,930,117 5 8 3,728,068 9 10 3,514,600 4 5 2,773,380 9 13 2,699,829 9 13 2,648,458 6 9 2,579,239 8 10 2,571,724 8 12 2,571,572 6 8 2,559,873 9 10 2,445,322 6 6 2,307,936 4 8 2,299,970 5 8 2,053,578 6 7 1,909,601 2 3 1,878,084 6 7 1,863,946 7 14 1,847,878 5 7 1,784,716 3 3 1,784,048 7 8 1,772,475 7 8 1,744,091 5 7 1,720,804 1 5 1,631,503 3 4 1,514,313 4 6 1,403,594 6 6 1,345,472 3 4 1,318,168 1 1 1,306,736 3 3 1,279,731 2 4 1,230,068 0 0 1,205,957 3 4 1,200,533 1 1 1,198,590 4 7 1,163,940 3 5 1,154,389 3 6 1,148,885 1 1 1,120,825 2 2 1,112,590 2 4 1,090,215 3 4 1,088,595
Dandy Man Mozart - Lady Alexander
Continuing His Rise
A STELLAR 3YO CROP; Lady Kaya
La Pelosa
Dandhu
Comedy
Nitro Boost
Leodis Dream
Dazzling Dan
Independent Missy, etc.
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Dr Simpson
Lord of the Lodge
Lampang
Theotherside
Shared Belief
Last Opportunity
Croughavouke
World Title, etc.
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2019 yearlings made;
€220,000 , 210,000 , 205,000 etc. Ballyhane Stud Leighlinbridge, Co.Carlow, Ireland.
Joe Foley: +353 86 252 4135 Office: +353 59 972 2068 Web: www.ballyhane.com
Tim Easterby
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MORE 2YO WINS THAN ANY OTHER STALLION 32 2yo winners of 50 races inc;
as good a horse as we’ve trained”
Dr Simpson
Jane Foley: +353 86 806 6000 Email: info@ballyhane.com
She’s very talented, could be a serious filly” Richard Hannon
Gr.3 Mercury Stakes winner
FIRST FOALS SELLING THIS WINTER
MONDIALISTE GALILEO - OCCUPANDISTE (KALDOUN)
STANDING AT ELWICK STUD Elwick Stud, Sheraton Farm, Co. Durham TS27 4RB
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“I have been very impressed with the Mondialiste foals. He had it all, and his foals are seemingly following suit” ALEX ELLIOTT, BLOODSTOCK AGENT
“Very pleased with what I have seen from his foals to date. They are strong bodied, well balanced horses who look like they well develop into nice racehorses.” JASON KELLY, BLOODSTOCK AGENT
“Well made good muscled foals, he’s really stamping them, two year olds in the making” PETER NOLAN, BLOODSTOCK AGENT
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euro review Connections celebrate Waldgeist’s deserved victory. The Galileo colt has won £4,298,561in prize-money earnings and four Group1 races
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N RECENT YEARS the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe has been a fantastic contest and spectacle. The winners during the 12 years since Qatar took over sponsorship of the event in 2008 include a succession of great champions from Zarkava and Sea The Stars to Danedream, Treve, Enable and Golden Horn. Found led home a trio of Aidan O’Brien runners at Chantilly in 2016, while the drama of the victories of Workforce and Solemia also produced the narrow defeats of the Japanese runners Nakayama Fiesta and Orfevre. This year’s edition did not, in the end, follow the script the British press had prepared in advance, but no one who was at ParisLongchamp or who followed the race on television can deny that it was, once again, thrilling to watch. Gestüt Ammerland and Newsells Park Stud’s Waldgeist was too strong in the final stages for the champion Enable and Europe’s best three-year-old colts of this year: Sottsass and Japan. The son of Galileo won in the end by a decisive three and three-quarter lengths from Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Enable, who narrowly failed in her attempt to win three consecutive Arcs. Peter Brant’s Sottsass was another length and three-quarters away in third, half a length ahead of Coolmore’s Japan. These four drew clear of the other eight runners. Waldgeist gave his co-breeder Dietrich von Boetticher a second Arc triumph – he was also the breeder of the 2005 winner Hurricane Run. He also bred the filly Borgia, who finished third to Peintre Célèbre in 1997. For trainer André Fabre it was an unparalleled eighth Arc victory in the 32 years since he won his first with Trempolino in 1987. Since Rail Link won in 2005, he has also trained numerous placed horses such as Flintshire, Cloth Of Stars, New Bay and Intello. Remarkably, Waldgeist is also the first French-trained colt to win the race since Rail Link back in 2005. Many were, of course, disappointed that Enable didn’t complete her Arc treble, but in defeat the John Gosden-trained daughter of Nathaniel only confirmed what a champion she is. Enable has a cruising speed which is far too good for all but the very best of her contemporaries, and she has a remarkable temperament and constitution. In defeat she extended to 12 her sequence of performances worthy of a Racing Post rating above 120,
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Mickael Barzalona celebrates Lagardere victory on the Shamardal colt Victor Ludorum. Trainer André Fabre is eyeing a 2020 campaign over a mile and 1m2f
and these over a period of two and half years in England, Ireland, France and the United States. Throughout this period she has always been at, or close to her best, despite changes in going, trip and the circumstances of each race. The excellence of her trainer and jockey has played a role, but Enable herself has always been a remarkable athlete. However, from any objective viewpoint this year’s Arc was always going to be a contest and not a procession. Waldgeist is a very close contemporary as he was born two days after Enable and he, too, has built-up a formidable record over four seasons of racing. Waldgeist was only a length and threequarters behind Enable in the 2018 Arc, and he had the disadvantage then of a wide draw and a poor run throughout the race. In July this year at Ascot over 1m4f Waldgeist finished strongest of all in third
At ParisLongchamp, Waldgeist’s record is close to perfect – he has won five of his seven starts there with his only defeats coming on heavy ground only 2l behind Enable in the King George VI & King Elizabeth Stakes. On their last two meetings, when the conditions suited both of them, Waldgeist had only 2l to find to turn
the tables. In the Arc, Gestüt Ammerland’s colt was running on his home ground and his favourite track. Fabre’s protégé has now won nine of 21 starts. Outside of France he is zero from seven, whereas in France he has won nine from 14 starts. At ParisLongchamp, Waldgeist’s record is close to perfect – he has won five of his seven starts there with his only defeats coming on heavy ground and when an unlucky fourth in the 2018 Arc. He won the Group 1 Prix Ganay by four and a half lengths in a canter, has been twice successful in the Group 2 Prix Foy and now the Arc de Triomphe. Waldgeist was able to beat Enable because he, too, is a very good racehorse. He was prepared by the best Arc trainer of all time to be at his peak and the race was run to suit. His jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot, who has ridden Waldgeist nearly every morning
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euro review during the four years of the horse’s career, also learnt from the mistakes he made in the 2018 Arc and rode a perfect race. In 2018, Waldgeist and Boudot had the disadvantage of a high draw in a big field. and at a crucial moment early in the home straight Boudot decided to switch back into the field only to struggle to get a clear run in the final 200m. This year, at the same point, instead Boudot went left into the middle of the track, and then challenged well away from Enable, who probably never saw him coming. From Enable’s point-of-view it is striking how similar her two runs in the Arc have been. In 2018, jockey Frankie Dettori followed the early leaders who set a strong pace. He waited as long as possible before launching Enable’s effort. When asked she stretched away from her rivals and looked to be heading for a comfortable win only for her stride to weaken in the final 50m and be very nearly passed by Sea Of Class, holding on to win by only a short neck. This year, Dettori rode a similar race but the early pace was not just strong, it was ridiculously fast considering the soft ground. Ghaiyyath ran the first 7f of the race 1.7 seconds, more than 10l, faster than Nelson and Capri had done in 2018, and this was on ground which was officially very soft compared with good in 2018. If Dettori and Enable made a tactical error
Waldgeist has always been at his best when he can quicken off a strong early pace or maintain the pace to the line when his rivals weaken it was probably during the first mile of the race when they may well have been too close to such a fast pace. After the first mile Enable was some 4l in front of Waldgeist, a difference which may have allowed him to find such resources in the closing stages of the race. Waldgeist has always been at his best when he can quicken off a strong early pace or maintain the pace to the line when his rivals weaken. In the Arc, Waldgeist didn’t quicken in the final 4f, but he alone was able to maintain the same pace right to the line. He ran the final 4f in 0.9sec faster than Enable, a run which took him past Sottsass and Japan and in the final 50m past Enable. This was not a struggle on very soft
ground; the final time was fully five seconds faster than those recorded by Solemia, Montjeu or Urban Sea when they won their Arcs on heavy ground. Over the last 20 Arcs, Waldgeist’s time was close to the median being the 12th fastest of the period, a long way behind Danedream’s record but faster than, for instance, those recorded by Dalakhani or Workforce on good ground. ParisLongchamp is a testing track, far more so than Chantilly, and when Enable sets out to regain her crown in 2020 there has to be just a slight doubt as to whether the course really suits her. Will her rivals once again be able to find her out in the final stages if they can find horses as good as Ghaiyyath and Magical to set a ridiculously fast pace ? For von Boetticher and Dr Andreas Jacobs of Newsells Park this was the most satisfying of victories. They won the Arc together with a homebred colt who comes from an outstanding German family and who has proved himself able to compete with the best through four consecutive years. Waldgeist’s grand-dam was bought from Gestüt Ravensburg, who developed this family, by Jacobs’ father Klaus Jacobs when he was setting up Newsells. She finished second in the Falmouth Stakes in Newmarket carrying the stud’s colours. Waldgeist is by the Derby winner Galileo,
Villa Marina wins the Prix de l’Opera by a short-head from Fleeting. She became sire Le Havre’s fourth Group 1winner – three of which are females
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The elegant Zoffany filly Albigna ahead of the Marcel Boussac. She heads next to the Breeders’ Cup
Europe’s pre-eminent Classic sire, out of a mare by Monsun, a multiple Group 1 winner over 1m4f and the best stallion to stand in Germany in recent times. Von Boetticher became a partner in Waldgeist’s dam Waldlerche when she was sold at the Arqana August Sale as a yearling
for only €100,000. Waldlerche won a Group race over 1m2f and would surely have stayed further if she’d had the temperament to continue racing. In these terms, Enable has a similar pedigree as she is by the outstanding 1m4f performer Nathaniel and out of a Sadler’s
The human female Albigna team: Maria Niarchos-Gouazé, Electra Niarchos and Jessica Harrington
Wells mare who was Group-placed herself over 1m2f. The same is true of Japan – he is by Galileo out of a 1m4f Listed winner, while last year’s runner-up Sea Of Class is by Sea The Stars out of an Hernando mare who won her Listed race over 1m3f. Few people breed in this manner today, but it would seem this is still the best way to produce horses able to compete with the best over 1m4f at ParisLongchamp on the first Sunday in October. If such an Arc inevitably overshadows the remainder of the weekend’s racing there was plenty of other excellent performances, and surprisingly three other French-trained Group 1 winners. The Fabre-trained Shamardal colt Victor Ludorum put up perhaps the most significant non-Arc performance showing a rare turn of foot to flash past his rivals in a few strides to win the Prix Jean Luc Lagardère. The Godolphin homebred has won all three of his starts in a similarly imperious fashion and could be his sire’s best threeyear-old in 2020. The Niarchos family’s Zoffany filly Aligna won the fillies’ equivalent comfortably for the Irish-based Jessica Harrington. Trainer Carlos Laffon Parias won the Prix de l’Opera for his long-standing client Dario Hinojosa with the Le Havre filly Villa Marina – she must be the fastest-improving threeyear-old in Europe. Her official rating improved from 88 to 114 between mid-July and her first Group 1 victory at the Arc weekend. Anapurna, the daughter of Frankel, won the Group 1 Prix de Royallieu for Meon Valley Stud and John Gosden in a race she and Dettori dominated from start to finish. Lael Stables’ Fastnet Rock mare One Master and the Haras d’Etreham’s new stallion City Light came 4l clear of their rivals in the Prix de la Forêt, underlining again the excellence of their generation as they were both born, like Waldgeist and Enable, in 2014. Holdthasigreen (Hold That Tiger) showed that he is still improving – the putting up the performance of his career to date to win the Prix du Cadran at seven and on his 32nd start. Clearly, Claude Le Lay and Jean Gilbert’s gelding is not in the same class as Enable, but this was his 14th consecutive performance to earn an official rating higher than 112. Finally, Bearstone Stud’s Glass Slippers won the Prix de l’Abbaye for trainer Kevin Ryan to become her sire Dream Ahead’s second Group 1-winning three-year-old.
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us racing Code Of Honour: the colt by Noble Mission won the Jockey Club Gold Cup in the Stewards’ Room and is now favourite for the Eclipse Three-Year-Old Award
Mystical autumn The Breeders’ Cup picture is not much clearer even after the prep races, writes Melissa Bauer-Herzog
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UCH LIKE THE REST OF THE YEAR IN US RACING, the Breeders’ Cup prep races run in late September and early October were entertaining
– and confusing. For perhaps the first time in history, a $15,000 claiming race in January has proved to be the key race of the three-year-old season. The race had already produced the twotime Grade 1 winner Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) and though that horse had to skip the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) due to colic in September, Math Wizard (Algorithms) gave the race a second subsequent Grade 1 winner. Twice stakes-placed at Grade 3 level, Math Wizard stepped up to win the Pennsylvania Derby at 31/1 against a field that included Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War Of Will (War Front) and Grade 1 winner Improbable (City Zip). The victory gave his sire Algorithms his first Grade 1 winner, while also becoming the second stakes winner for his dam Minister’s Baby. In a division that has no clear-cut standout this year, Math Wizard helped Code Of Honor
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us racing (Noble Mission) shoot to the top of the list before that colt ran in his own Breeders’ Cup prep the following week. Code Of Honor had already enjoyed a placing promotion in the Kentucky Derby (G1) when Maximum Security was disqualified to 17th and the chestnut moved up to second. But his second inquiry of the year saw an even more important bump-up when the colt’s nose loss to Vino Rosso in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) became a victory due to Vino Rosso drifting out during the stretch duel. That victory makes Code Of Honor the favourite for the Eclipse Three-Year-Old Male awards and, in an interesting turn for the legendary Sadler’s Wells, gave his line two top Dirt three-year-olds – War Of Will is out of a Sadler’s Wells mare. Only a few hours after the drama in the Jockey Club Gold Cup ended, there was even more confusion on the west coast in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1). McKinzie (Street Sense) has looked like the top older male in the route division for most of the year so it was expected this would be a cakewalk for the horse. However, it was the second-longest shot on the board in the shape of Mongolian Groom (Hightail) who upset the party.
racing but in a sport that is always hopeful, this year’s group of two-year-olds look ready to impress in the future. Uncle Mo has had a few relatively quiet years after his stellar start, but that always promised to end after his first post-Nyquist crops started hitting the track and that is exactly what has happened. The sire has 15 winners from his 2017 crop (conceived the year Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby) led by dual-Grade 1 winner Bast.
ETTING THE PACE in the 1m1f race, Mongolian Groom was never caught with McKinzie finishing two and a quarter lengths behind. That result sees Mike Smith losing the mount on McKinzie in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, while also seeing Mongolian Groom’s connections paying $200,000 to supplement the gelding into the Classic. The victory was huge for Mongolian Groom’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprintwinning sire Hightail (Mineshaft), who stands in Arkansas as one of Calumet Farm’s regional sires. Proving that he may be an under-rated sire, Hightail has five winners from 10 runners with two of those being stakes winners, including the four-time stakes winner Dynatail. If Mongolian Groom can join former stablemate Mongolian Saturday (Any Given Saturday) in winning a Breeders’ Cup race for his connections, it could prove to be just what Hightail needs to get a stall at Calumet in Kentucky. It has been a tough year for American
Winning both races in California, she looks to be in the driver’s seat for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies though her championship hopes could be dashed by Perfect Alibi (Sky Mesa), who has a Grade 1 and Grade 2 victory to her name in addition to a second in the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1) in early October. There is much to be excited about with the two-year-old colts thanks to a trio who all look to be not only top Breeders’ Cup prospects, but also Derby runners as well. He has returned to the US for the 2016 breeding season after his grandson American Pharaoh (Pioneerof the Nile) won the Triple Crown, and Empire Maker looks to have another chance of his own on the trail with Eight Rings. The colt had bad luck in his first Grade 1 attempt when he dislodged his jockey in the Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1), but put that behind him in the American Pharoah Stakes (G1). The colt went straight to the lead and never gave it up to win by an impressive 6l and become the first Grade 1 winner for Empire Maker since his return to US soil.
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Even more fittingly his grandson American Pharoah sired second-placed American Theorem to give the sire line the exacta. California doesn’t look to have the only promising two-year-old colt, however, with Dennis’ Moment (Tiznow) still the talk of Kentucky more than a month after his impressive Iroquois Stakes (G3) victory. Like Eight Rings, Dennis’ Moment has a blip on his record from losing his jockey in his first start, but has been undefeated in two starts since then and should only get better with age. The Iroquois card could prove to be a key card at the Breeders’ Cup with Maxfield (Street Sense) making his debut for Godolphin one race after Dennis’ Moment’s victory. That day he closed from the back of the pack to win by three-quarter lengths over a mile and convinced his connections to step him up to Grade 1 level. As is par for the course this year for Godolphin around the world, Maxfield stepped up to the occasion and made easy work of the field to win the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) by five and a half length when closing from the back of the field to win again and stay undefeated. Sticking to the theme of wide-open divisions, the Sprint division looks as thought it may be the most challenging and competitive at Santa Anita during the Breeders’ Cup. Imperial Hint (Imperialism) has won two Grade 1 races since finishing third in Dubai in March and looks to lead the sprinters, but it won’t be an easy task for the six-year-old. While he impressed in Saratoga in the Vosburgh (G1) during Belmont Park’s Breeders’ Cup prep races, he had to show a different side when fighting off Firenze Fire in a stretch battle for the ages to win by a nose. There was more of the same during the Breeders’ Cup Sprint prep at Santa Anita when Omaha Beach (War Front) made his long-awaited return in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1). While the distance originally looked like it may be too short for the one-time Kentucky Derby favorite, he proved that wasn’t the case when showing his own fortitude to beat off the highly regarded Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby) by a head when closing up the rail. While this year’s Breeders’ Cup prep races opened up more questions than they solved, they showed us a glimpse of promise that this Breeders’ Cup will be full of drama and excitement.
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Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Waldgeist: the Galileo five-year-old set a new personal best Timeform rating of 132 when beating Enable at ParisLongchamp
Waldgeist breaks the myth
The André Fabre-trained colt brought Enable’s unbeaten run to an end in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, writes Simon Rowlands
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Valley near the end of 2018. Those who doubted that she beat much in any of her races were notably silent in September when Benbatl won a Group 2 back at Newmarket by a wide margin and with some outstanding splits, his first start since and confirming his 129 Timeform rating in the process. Benbatl then went off as
favourite for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on British Champions Day at Ascot only to get stuck in the mud. Meanwhile, the superconsistent Magical – a filly Enable had finished ahead of three times earlier in the campaign – landed the biggest prize at Ascot on the same day, the Champion Stakes, once more
simon says... running to within a pound of her 125 rating. One of the races 131-rated Enable had finished ahead of Magical was in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, but they both finished behind the locally trained Waldgeist, a fiveyear-old who proved well suited by a strong pace and soft going. He ran a new personal best of 132 in the process. That makes Waldgeist a decent, but not outstanding Arc winner: Timeform had Sea The Stars running to 136 when winning in 2009, and Treve and Enable running to 134 when winning in 2013 and 2017. Enable was not at British Champions Day, but the good, and somewhat unexpected, news is that she should be in training again in 2020. Ascot and ParisLongchamp were the main focus in Europe in recent weeks. Other notable winners at the former were Donjuan Triumphant (Timeform rated at 122) in the British Champions Sprint, Kew Gardens (126) in the Long Distance Cup and King Of Change (126) in that Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. The French meeting showcased Holdthasigreen (120) in the Prix du Cadran, Glass Slippers (124) in the Prix de l’Abbaye and One Master (121) in the Prix de la Foret among others. Star Catcher (118) in the Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot, Anapurna (118) in the Prix de Royallieu and Villa Marina (116) in the Prix de l’Opera, both at Longchamp, were other winners at a high level, if at slightly lower Timeform ratings. On the same weekend as the Arc, Billesdon Brook surpassed even her shock Guineas-winning form of the year before in landing a slightly substandard Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket with a 117 performance. The most valuable race anywhere in the period under review was the Everest Stakes at
Billesdon Brook surpassed even her shock Guineaswinning form of the year before in landing a slightly substandard Sun Chariot Stakes Randwick in Sydney, where Yes Yes Yes beat his elders, including 130-rated Santa Ana Lane, narrowly, returning a 122 rating from Timeform. Yes Yes Yes had previously finished a head behind Bivouac (123) in the Golden Rose at Rosehill. The Caulfield Cup – a Group 1 handicap on the same day as the Everest but at a different venue – saw success for the Japanese-trained Mer De Glace,
running to 121 in a messy race with a tight finish. Most roads in North America have been leading to the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita at the beginning of November for some time now. Particularly meritorious winning efforts were lodged by Imperial Hint (123) in the Vosburgh Stakes, Arklow (122) in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Sistercharlie (119) in the Flower Bowl Stakes, all three at Belmont, and the exciting Omaha Beach (126) in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship from 127-rated Shancelot. The veteran British raider Desert Encounter (120) won the Canadian International at Woodbine for the second year running. The same card saw Starship Jubilee (113) land a somewhat weak E. P. Taylor Stakes. Hong Kong star Beauty Generation tasted his first defeat in 18 months in a Group 2 Handicap at Sha Tin in October, but had no easy task conceding substantial weight all round and remains on 132 with Timeform.
Leading Timeform horses (22.10.19) Rating Horse
Sire
Older Horses 136 BATTAASH
Dark Angel
131 CRYSTAL OCEAN
Sea The Stars
132 WALDGEIST
Galileo
131 BLUE POINT
Shamardal
131 ENABLE
Nathaniel
129 BENBATL
Dubawi
129 GHAIYYATH
Dubawi
128 THUNDER SNOW
Helmet
127 KEW GARDENS 127
Galileo
STRADIVARIUS
Sea The Stars
126 DEFOE
Dalakhani
126 ADDEYBB 125 FRENCH KING
Pivotal French Fifteen
125 INNS OF COURT Invincible Spirit 125 MAGICAL 125 MASAR
Galileo New Approach
125 OLD PERSIAN
Dubawi
Three-year-olds 127 SOTTSASS
Siyouni
127 TOO DARN HOT
Dubawi
126p LOGICIAN
Frankel
126 ADVERTISE Yes Yes Yes wins the Everest Stakes, worth A$14 million, under Glen Boss
Showcasing
126 JAPAN
Galileo
126 KING OF CHANGE
Farhh
126 TEN SOVEREIGNS No Nay Never 124 CALYX
Kingman
124 CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Galileo
124 GLASS SLIPPERS Dream Ahead 124 HELLO YOUMZAIN
Kodiac
124 MAGNA GRECIA Invincible Spirit 124 QUORTO
Dubawi
123 ANTHONY VAN DYCK
Galileo
123 SOVEREIGN
Galileo
122p SANGARIUS
Kingman
122+ HEADMAN
Kingman
122 BROOME 122 KHAADEM
Australia Dark Angel
122 LORD NORTH
Dubawi
122 MADHMOON
Dawn Approach
122 PERSIAN KING 122
Kingman
PHOENIX OF SPAIN Lope De Vega
122 SIR DRAGONET
Camelot
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Pinatubo: the best two-year-old in the world
Sire
Two-Year-Olds 134 PINATUBO
Shamardal
119
ARIZONA
No Nay Never
119
MUMS TIPPLE Footstepsinthesand
119
WICHITA
No Nay Never
117p EARTHLIGHT
Shamardal
117p MILITARY MARCH New Approach 116
AL SUHAIL
Dubawi
115p VICTOR LUDORUM 115
GOLDEN HORDE
Shamardal Lethal Force
115 MILLISLE Starspangledbanner 114p PIERRE LAPIN Cappella Sansevero 114p SISKIN 114 THREAT 113
First Defence Footstepsinthesand
RAFFLE PRIZE
111p ALBIGNA 111p ROYAL LYTHAM
Slade Power Zoffany Gleneagles
111
A’ALI
111
KINGS COMMAND
Society Rock
111
MOLATHIM
113p
MONARCH OF EGYPT American Pharoah
111
POSITIVE
Dubawi Night Of Thunder Dutch Art
Pinatubo: the excellent son of Shamardal consolidated his Timeform rating of 134 in the Dewhurst Stakes
The son of No Nay Never, Arizona
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“THE BEST TWO-YEAR-OLD IN THE WORLD” and “the next Frankel” are tough labels to live up to, but Pinatubo deserves the former at least. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt has won all six of his starts, including the National Stakes at The Curragh in September by a remarkable 9l, which earned him a 134 rating from Timeform, the company’s highest rating given to a juvenile since 138-rated Celtic Swing won the Racing Post Trophy 25 years earlier. Pinatubo’s Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes win at Newmarket more recently, by 2l from Arizona, was less sensational, but still earned him a 126 figure: that is usually champion two-year-old material itself. Godolphin holds a very strong hand in this division as its 117-rated Earthlight and 115-rated Victor Ludorum are also unbeaten, with victory for the former in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes
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at Newmarket and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (G1) at Longchamp for the latter. There looks to be little between the leading US juvenile colts at this stage with Eight Rings (117, American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita), Tiz The Law (115, Champagne Stakes at Belmont) and Maxfield (113, Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland) all near the top after recent Grade 1 successes. No clear leader has emerged among the European juvenile fillies, but Millisle (115), Quadrilateral (110) and Albigna (111) put themselves in contention with Group 1 wins in the Cheveley Park Stakes, the Fillies’ Mile and the Prix Marcel Boussac. A similar remark applies to North America, where Bast (112), British Idiom (116) and Wicked Whisper (111) gained Grade 1 victories in the Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita, the Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland and the Frizette Stakes at Belmont.
THE GROUP ONE SIRE - THE CLASSIC SIRE!
SOLDIER HOLLOW B.2000 In The Wings – Island Race (Common Grounds)
Sire of TWO CHAMPIONS, 17 Group Winners and 37 Black-Type Winners Won 12 races & placed 11 times in Group races from 2-7 years, 1,500m-2,000m. Sire of G1 winners: OUR IVANHOWE (Won Grosser Preis von Baden G1, Grosser Preis von Bayern G1, Doomben Cup G1, Ranvet Stakes G1) PASTORIUS (Won German Derby G1, Grosser Dallmayr-Preis – Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1, Prix Ganay G1) DSCHINGIS SECRET (Won Grosser Preis von Berlin G1) WELTSTAR (Won German Derby G1) SERIENHOLDE (Won German Oaks G1) Plus G2 & G3 winners DESTINO, DALLAS AFFAIR, AXANA, SHADOW SADNESS, WELL SPOKEN, WHISPERING ANGEL, DABBITSE etc. NH winners include SALDIER (G1 Champion 4-y-o Hurdle, ARCTIC FIRE (G1 Hattons’s Grace Hurdle). AT THE SALES Yearlings sold for up to €500,000. Stud Fee 2020: On Application Standing at Gestut Auenquelle, Donoer Str. 49 32289 Rödinghausen T: 49 5746/1430 and 49 171 2600 823 E: gestuet@auenquelle.de www.soldier-hollow.de EBF & Breeders’ Cup nominated
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HE LANDSCAPE OF NORTHEAST England is shaped by industry, the shipyard cranes visible miles away from their dockside homes, the pristine blades of the elegant wind turbines scythe through the North Sea breeze, supplying modern factories with the electricity so cars roll off their assembly lines in their 1000s. The Durham and Tees Valley colleries that powered industry and revolutionised the world are no longer mined for their precious carbon, but a son of this landscape, hewn from its rock, is quietly determined to foment his own revolution in thoroughbred breeding. Geoff Turnbill MBE, whose foresight in designing and manufacturing technology to reduce emissions from lorry engines, has brought the same drive, passion and principles which brought him success in manufacturing engineering to establishing Elwick Stud, near Hartlepool. It is a farm he has built around the Grade 1 winner Mondialiste, both literally and metaphorically. Already, Elwick Stud finds itself on an accelerated journey, led by its passionate
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founder, whose belief in his horse and desire to show that his home, the place where his love for horses was kindled by the pit ponies his father cared for at the colliery where he worked, can be known for more than coal, cars and carbon; that geography is no barrier to success. Turnbull has proven that before with the growth of GT Group into a global business which still operates at the forefront of its field. Five years ago, the 300 acres of Durham countryside now occupied by Elwick Stud, was arable farmland. Now the sons and daughters of Mondialiste are nurtured and grown by this land and the first harvest is almost upon the team as Mondialiste’s debut crop of foals are prepared for the upcoming foal sales. Youngest son Nick is involved in the work of making Mondialiste into a successful stallion, and turning his father’s plans into reality. “It is a huge undertaking, but it is something Dad is passionate about, especially this horse, he’s the nub of this,” explains Turnbull Jnr. “Dad was always going to enforce the idea that ‘I will make
this horse’ and Mondialiste has had two really good years to start with. “We weren’t expecting the amount of mares that he got – he had 58 mares the first year and 68 this year and we’re hoping to go up again next year. Year three generally is the hardest for a stallion and it is more difficult in the north of England. You’re trying to persuade people to come up from Newmarket, there are extra costs there but the way we get around it is he is cheaper than he should be. “If he was standing in Newmarket or Ireland we think he would be £15,000 or £20,000; he is great value at £6,000,” says Turnbull candidly. Bred from one of the Wertheimer family’s deepest pedigrees, Mondialiste travelled the world winning the Grade 1 Arlington Million and Grade 1 Woodbine Invitational. He participated in Breeders’ Cup meetings resulting in a second place behind Tepin in the Turf Mile, and travelled on to Hong Kong, Santa Anita, Keeneland and France on a global jaunt that took the Turnbull family along for the adventure too. Turnbull’s connection to the horse is deeper than many stallion owners have for their prized breeding assets.
elwick stud Mondialiste (below) achieved an official rating of 118 at his best. He is out of Occupandiste (Kaldoun), winner of the 7f Prix de la FĂ´ret and a champion older mare, and is a half-brother to the Group 2-winning dam of the dual Classic winner, Intello. Under his third dam are the champions: Elnadim, Ribchester and Mehthaaf
First foals by the dual Grade 1 winner Mondialiste are due to be offered at this autumn’s foal sales. Aisling Crowe visits Elwick Stud and meets the handsome son of Galileo, his racecourse success influential in the decision by owner Geoff Turnbull to create the new stud
elwick stud When he bought Mondialiste as a fouryear-old at Arqana’s Spring Sale for €190,000 it was to Turnbull’s home where the son of Galileo was to go. Turnbull’s string of horses was much smaller than it is now, and it was he himself who cared for Mondialiste, the horse he was determined would be the foundation stone upon which Elwick Stud would be built. Turnbull Jnr says: “When Dad bought Mondialiste, he probably only had four to six horses at the time. He was buying them to race, but with the intention of having a stud. He decided that ‘Mondialiste is going to be my stallion’; so that change from hobby to commercial breeder only happened around five years ago and it has been a massive transformation.
“The travelling with Mondialiste was incredible, my parents loved it and they got to do things through him they never would have
Geoff and Sandra Turnbull: the pair purchased an arable farm five years ago to develop Elwick Stud
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“The farm was completely arable, we are operating in what was originally year ten of the business plan after only five years, which is quite incredible. The journey began with buying Mondialiste and it all centered around him. “The travelling with him was incredible, my parents loved it and they got to do things through him they never would have if it wasn’t for Mondialiste.” Turnbull has built two houses around the stallion, stud manager Garry’s home and the immaculate stallion yard which houses the bay, who has the look of his sire about him. The elegant courtyard with its topiary and green grass has space for four stallions, but right now it is all about one horse. Coming off the walker he poses as the three yearling colts, all home-bred, look on with admiration. The elegant bay with the white star and three white socks gazes calmly back at this small group of admirers, the familiar faces of Nick Turnbull and stud manager Garry Moore. The pair know every hair on the stallion’s coat, which for an October day shrouded in the cold North Sea mist, is in spectacular condition. Then it is time for Mondialiste to have a spell in the paddock, his penchant for mud baths a particular gripe for the humans in his life, but there is no luxuriating in the Durham mud for the nine-year-old at this time. He is too busy inspecting his field, an elevated trot in a perfect rhythm hinting at the power and majesty of the racehorse he used to be. He inherited that famed Galileo temperament too, and the tenacity on the track is matched by a quiet nature off it, so relaxed is Mondialiste that he can often by found being fed carrots by Moore’s ten-yearold daughter, Emily. Stud manager Moore worked at Coolmore and saw first-hand the kind nature of Sadler’s Wells, which he believes is from where Galileo and Mondialiste have inherited their generous temperaments. “They are hardy and nothing bothers them, but Sadler’s Wells was like that, too. Nothing bothered him and that’s where Galileo gets his temperament from,” comments Moore. “He passes that on to his offspring and Mondialiste has too. He has bred his temperament into the foals, which is a massive thing and he has stamped his stock too.” A select few of those foals will be offered at Goffs and Tattersalls later this month, the numbers small because the majority
elwick stud of breeders who used Mondialiste on their mares are keeping the offspring to race, a vote of confidence in the stallion’s ability at such an early stage in his career. “I think the foals will sell well, and I think people will like them. We’ve already had great feedback from breeders and agents who have come to inspect them ahead of the sales. We go to foal sales every year and they are as nice as anything we have seen. “We will be in the market for his yearlings next year and we will be buying them,” says Moore keen to get the message out that Elwick will be supporting breeders and pinhookers.
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S WELL AS SUPPORTING Mondialiste’s offspring in the sale rings, the stud is also offering a bonus scheme for breeders with £5,000 going to the breeder of his first winner, £10,000 to the breeder of his first Listed winner, while the breeder of his first Group winner will receive £15,000. Further incentives will be offered to breeders who patronise the stallion with their mares in 2020. Careful planning and management of Mondialiste’s books has been practiced with mares purchased prior to his retirement. They were bought on the basis of how well they would suit the stallion and many, including the Dansili half-sister to Beauty Parlour, are complete outcrosses for the Galileo line. A handful of others will have foals inbred to his second dam Only Seule or third dam Elle Seule, that, too, is a deliberate policy. Another conscious choice has been not to cover the mares every year with Mondialiste, but to also send them to suitable outside stallions. “We have been careful with the mares we selected for him, we bought mares specifically to go to Mondialiste and their pedigrees were chosen with what would work for him in mind,” explains Turnbull. “Most of them are complete outcrosses for him, while a couple are from the same dam-line. The numbers of outside mares he received are good numbers up in the north and we are happy with that, we wouldn’t want to have 200 a year, it dilutes the quality of what’s offered. “We have what we think are some of the best mares that weren’t covered by him last year in-foal to him this year; we think next year’s foals should be even better.”
Through consignors the farm has worked with in the past, Elwick is offering a number of mares in-foal to Mondialiste at Goffs, Tattersalls and is looking at targeting Arqana next year. Again this is calculated to maximise Mondialiste’s chances; the mares chosen for sale are not cast-offs nor are they of lower quality than the ones retained. They are for sale precisely because the team believes they will deliver Mondialiste foals of the highest calibre. “We buy and sell mares, put some in-foal and sell them on rather than diluting the mares by covering them with Mondi all the time, there is no point in that, you’re killing yourself. “It’s another way of getting his name out there and into the sales catalogues. A lot of our clients are owner-breeders and we know a lot of them, so it helps too. Dad wouldn’t sell a horse to someone he thought wouldn’t treat the horse properly, he loves animals and welfare is the most important thing to him,” his son emphasises. Sales have been a tricky issue in the past, but Elwick will consign under its own steam from 2021 onwards, despite reservations about practices that the entrepreneur never encountered in business. Turnbull’s commercial nous honed in the engineering industry and guiding principles passed down from generations of miners will not be compromised when his farm dips its toes into what sometimes are murky waters. Mondialiste (above): covered managed books the farm keen to ensure quality is not diluted
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elwick stud His son says: “We just need to show people that we are selling. You can get to a level where people think you are not selling so they don’t bother trying to buy from you. That’s not the not case with us, if Dad gets the right money for them, he will sell horses. “He knows the vale of his stock and refuses to be pressured into selling; he won’t just give something away if he thinks there’s a value to it. “Dad is quite prepared to spend the money and put yearlings into training, then sell them later for not as much profit because you have to take the training fees into account, but for their true prices. He is very adamant on that. “There is a massive market for horses in training, and once people see that you are selling that way, buyers come to you.” For all the obvious affection the Turnbull family and the Elwick Stud team have for Mondialiste, and the importance of him to the farm, let nobody be under the illusion that this enterprise is not a business. For the man who built up a global company to become a leader in green technology before selling it to German powerhouse Knorr Bremse, Elwick Stud must operate along commercial lines. “It is a massive adventure for Dad and
“There is a massive market for horses in training, and once people see that you are selling that way, buyers come to you he is enjoying it, but he expects this to be a commercial operation that pays for itself; you have to generate your own revenue streams and that has always been the case in any business he has ever had and he expects no different from here. “He has invested in this as a start-up and it is a massive passion for him, but he won’t change the way he goes about life,” his son states, matter-of-factly. To that end, the stud is exploring avenues that would maximise Mondialiste’s potential as a stallion and enquiries into standing him
have been received from French farms, with interest from as far afield as America and New Zealand. No decision on another adventure to foreign fields for Mondialiste will be made until after he has his first runners in 2021. “The French side of his family is very popular, particularly his dam, she goes back to Caro which the French breeders go daft about. “We think he would go very well over there, but, until his first runners, he will stand here without doubt.” To coal, cars and steel Geoff Turnbull is determined to add thoroughbred horses to the list of products for which the north-east is famous. This miner’s son, whose love of horses was first sparked by pit ponies, built a global company amongst these neglected hills and valleys, and is now making a stallion whose very name speaks to the global nature of thoroughbred racing and breeding and the outlook of the man who is determined to make him a success. Considered a breeding outpost, this land that powered an industrial revolution, may just witness a quiet revolution that ushers in the age of Mondialiste.
Turnbull is determined to ensure that the north-east becomes known for its excellence in thoroughbred breeding
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NatiONaL DefeNse Invincible Spirit – Angel Falls (Kingmambo) Champion 2YO by Sire of Sires Invincible Spirit
E XCITI N G FI R ST CRO P O F FOA L S
Colt ex Kibara bred by Quarry Hall Stud, from the family of Milan and Kahyasi
Filly ex Propaganda bred by Irish National Stud, Black Type Producer from the family of Pearly Shells
Colt ex Thames Pageant bred by Pier House Stud, from the family of Golden Stream & Fabricate
Colt ex Lisabella bred by Highpark Bloodstock Ltd. From the family of Polished Gem and Free Eagle
Contact: Cathal Beale, Sinéad Hyland, Gary Swift, Patrick Diamond or Helen Boyce Tel: +353 (0)45 521251 www.irishnationalstud.ie
LOPE DE VEGA THE GLOBAL SIRE SENSATION
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Leading European Sires in 2019 by Northern Hemisphere bred Black Type Winners Sire
Stakes Winners
Group Winners including Gr.1 winners
PHOENIX OF SPAIN ZABEEL PRINCE SANTA ANA LANE
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Galileo Dubawi Shamardal Lope de Vega Frankel Kingman Sea the Stars No Nay Never Le Havre Invincible Spirit Camelot
2019 Fee
BT Wnrs
Private £250,000 Private €80,000 £175,000 £75,000 €135,000 €100,000 €45,000 €120,000 €40,000
36 33 20 18 17 14 14 13 13 12 12
Statistics supplied by tdn.com 25/10/19
This season his yearlings averaged over €205,000 with top prices of 750,000gns, 500,000gns, 500,000gns, 425,000gns, etc.
BALLYLINCH STUD
Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
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Can Congress find the solution?
T WOULDN’T BE disingenuous to say that this year has been something of an annus horribilis for horseracing in the US. To recap, earlier this spring a spate of equine fatalities at the fêted Santa Anita racetrack in California triggered a media frenzy that has monopolised coverage of the sport. National outlets such as CNN and HBO’s Real Sports ran detailed and damning reports that accrued lots of eyes within and without the industry. Influential politicians both at the state and federal level weighed in, issuing public statements damaging to racing’s image. Newly minted California governor, Gavin Newsom, is reported to have said about the fallout from events this spring: “I’ll tell you, talk about a sport whose time is up unless they reform. That’s horseracing.” Nor has the furore fizzled away. High-
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Could the Horseracing Integrity Act solve the ills currently besetting US horseracing and help find a united way forward? Dan Ross investigates
profile meets in states such as New York and Kentucky played out against an intense spotlight trained on their individual welfare records. As Santa Anita gears up to host the Breeders’ Cup once again, the anticipation of a global audience affords the track – and the broader racing industry in the state – no respite from harsh scrutiny.
Horseracing Integrity Act
As all this unraveled, time and time and time again, industry stakeholders bemoaned the fact that there is no central ruling body governing the industry – one that could seize control of the crisis and lead the way in terms of messaging and actionable measures, just like the National Football League and National Basketball Association do for their respective sports. This is hardly a new and insurgent idea. The sport’s regulatory system in the US – a
horseracing integrity act patchwork quilt of different rules from state to state – has long been a bone of contention, especially amongst trainers and owners with large strings competing throughout the country. Uniformity, therefore, has been a frequent rallying cry, but this year, this cry has perhaps been intoned with more passion than ever. Which brings us to the Horseracing Integrity Act, aiming to bring all states under the auspices of the single ruling body governing a uniform set of medication rules and regulations. “You’ve got to have somebody at the top,” said Arthur Hancock, owner of the Stone Farm breeding operation in Kentucky. Hancock and his wife Staci are two of the loudest proponents of the Horseracing Integrity Act, which corrals support in other high places. This past August 16 prominent trainers – including Christophe Clement, Kiaran McLaughlin, Graham Motion, Todd Pletcher,
and John Sadler – co-signed a letter backing the bill. “Basically, we’ve got a national sport run by 38 different racing commissions,” added Staci Hancock. “If you were going to create a business model [for racing], that certainly wouldn’t be it.” But not everyone – even those who champion uniform medication rules – believes the legislation is the panacea that racing is waiting for. “Every time I deal with anything federal, I see sadly a lack of personnel and a lack of money,” said Maggi Moss, who was the leading owner in the country in terms of wins back in 2006. A former state prosecutor, Moss says she’s not opposed to the idea of a national ruling body, but she’d rather see the industry institute its own. “In a perfect world, I’d get all the state regulators together and say, ‘we need a commissioner to come in and direct us.’”
The loss of horses at Santa Anita this spring gave voice to those who wish to see US racing banned
Breeder Arthur Hancock is a supporter of the Horseracing Integrity Act
The Horseracing Integrity Act would establish a broad number of things. For one, it requires the implementation of a board of governors, which will comprise the chief executive officer of the United States AntiDoping Agency (USADA), six individuals from USADA, and another six figures with ties to the racing industry, including an owner or breeder, trainer, jockey, and equine veterinarian (all of whom must have no concurrent conflicts of interest). Among other components of the bill is the establishment of a uniform set of anti-doping and medication control rules, and a standardised set of procedures for “investigating, charging, and adjudicating” drug violations. Perhaps the thorniest part of the bill – at least from a Stateside point of view – is the prohibition on medications administered within 24 hours of a race. This means the anti-bleeding medication Lasix – a drug used ubiquitously in the States – will no longer be permitted on raceday. In response, the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) released in September a letter arguing that a Lasix-ban would “adversely impact” the health of the horse and the industry. The letter boasts nearly 1000 signatures. “If they do remove the choice to administer Lasix on race day, horsemen will adapt,” said HBPA CEO, Eric Hamelback. “But to what extent is that a good thing for
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horseracing integrity act equine health and welfare over a medication not proven to do anything wrong, and only be an assistance to the horses racing here in the United States?” According to Moss, “there’s a lot of problems with the bill besides Lasix,” and she ticked-off a list of other concerns, including the absence of a clear mechanism to remove members of the board without an act of congress, as well as the law’s funding structure. “It appears that [current] owners will end up funding this legislation, yet are excluded from the authority appointed and will have no part in decisions made that will directly affect them,” she said. Proponents of the law, however, believe that the unyielding scrutiny that horseracing is under renders concerns over issues such as Lasix insignificant against the gestalt of the problems facing the industry. The bill, they say, offers the sport a golden opportunity to demonstrate to a skeptical public that it’s willing to take meaningful steps to right its own ship. “’When something goes wrong, it either goes the right way or the wrong way, it never stays the same,’” said Hancock, relaying wisdom imparted to him by legendary trainer Vincent O’Brien. “We are going the right way, but whether or not we ever get there is another story.”
Chances of getting through?
The Horseracing Integrity Act hasn’t so far enjoyed the most auspicious of legislative journeys. The bill was introduced in 2015, before a slightly modified iteration came along two years later. Neither version made it far along the halls of power before dying a death. The latest version was introduced earlier this year. Part of the reason for the law’s stalled progress, perhaps, concerns a competing effort towards medication uniformity: The National Uniform Medication Program (NUMP), a voluntary programme that requires states to adopt a series of different policies covering such as laboratory accreditation and multiple medication violations. The programme has made an impact. Jurisdictions representing 95 per cent of parimutuel handle have adopted in full the rule for therapeutic substances. “I think NUMP is something advantageous that we continue to work for,” said Hamelback, an advocate of “states’ rights,” who stressed what the programme has
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The Horseracing Integrity Act 116th Congress
House Sponsors: Paul Tonko (D-NY) & Andy Barr (R-KY) Senate Sponsors: Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) & Martha McSally (R-AZ) “Our goal has to be zero horse deaths in horseracing. I won’t stop working on this issue until we make that happen.” ❖ Paul Tonko
Horseracing is a Major Economic Driver • • •
$15.6 billion in direct economic impact 241,000 U.S. jobs o ǡ $3 billion annually o ǡ 20,000 jobs
Lack of Uniformity Hurts Horses & the Sport • • •
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Congress Needs to Stop Horsing Around!
Horseracing Integrity Act ǡ ǡ Ǥ The Horseracing Integrity Act
1. ǡ 2. Ǧ ǡ Ǧ Ǧ 3. ǡ 4. ʹͶ 5. Ƭ Supported by: Humane Society of the U.S., New York Racing Association, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Animal Welfare Institute, the Water Hay Oats Alliance, the Jockey Club, Animal Wellness Action, the Breeders’ Cup, Keeneland Association, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, the Stronach Group, and some of the nation’s top trainers.
Congress can strengthen the competitiveness and legitimacy of America’s sport of kings while lifting up the health and nobility of the equine athlete. The time to act is now! ǡ ǣ ̷
The Barr-Tonko bill is supported by The Jockey Club and the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity
achieved in the seven years of its existence. Nevertheless, where some see progress, others see procrastination. “Frankly, it hasn’t worked and we can’t -sit around and wait another seven years,” wrote Jockey Club president and COO, Jim Gagliano, in an email. And while the Horseracing Integrity Act hasn’t shown legs in the past, this year, it has a “real chance for a vote in this Congress,” he wrote. “At the time of this writing we are at 150 cosponsors on the House bill and I expect many more will be coming on in the weeks
ahead. Also, the chair of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the bill is an original cosponsor, and she has committed to moving the bill,” wrote Gagliano. What might prevent that from happening, however, is something entirely disassociated from the bill’s substance and matter – namely the political gridlock that has wrought the nation’s capital to an effective standstill. “The political momentum is growing to get it through,” said Staci Hancock, about the bill. “But I do worry about the state of affairs in Washington right now.”
Al Kazeem
bay 2008, 16.1hh by Dubawi - Kazeem (Darshaan) Four-time Gr.1 winner by DUBAWI Won Gr.1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, 2015 Won Gr.1 Coral-Eclipse, 2013 Won Gr.1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes, 2013 Won Gr.1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, 2013 Joint Champion Older Horse in Europe in 2013 (9.5f-10.5f ) Timeform rated 128 in three consecutive seasons From a first crop of just 23 foals, sire of ASPETAR, Gr.1 Preis von Europa and Gr.2 Grand Prix de Chantilly (new race record) and black type sprinter GOLDEN SPELL (RPR 103) 56% winners to runners from his first two crops 9% black type horses to foals from his first crop STANDING AT OAKGROVE STUD Oakgrove Estate, St Arvans, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6EH For Nominations Contact: David Hilton: 07595 951248 Email: david@oakgrovestud.com
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Gr.1 Preis von Europa winner ASPETAR in action at Chantilly
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Pointing forwards T
O BREED A ROYAL ASCOT winner is the dream, and ambition, of many but to breed one that writes himself a special place in the annals of the Royal meeting ventures beyond the realm of dreams and edges towards fantasy. For Linda and Reddy Coffey, and Linda’s parents Claire and Pat Fitzsimons, it is no dream but flesh and blood reality in the shape of Blue Point, the son of Shamardal they bred and who, this year, won the Group 1 Diamond
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Jubilee and King’s Stand Stakes, in the space of five majestic June days. It was a second success in the 5f contest for the five-year-old who was subsequently retired to stand alongside his sire at Darley’s Kildangan Stud for 2020. Blue Point also won the Group 1 Al Quoz Stakes at Meydan on Dubai World Cup night in March and demonstrated top class form throughout his career, which included placings in the Group 1 Middle Park and Dewhurst Stakes at two, and in the
Commonwealth Cup, Haydock Sprint Cup and Nunthorpe Stakes during his career. For many, the accolade horse of a lifetime is awarded too easily but, when Reddy Coffey describes Blue Point as just that, it is no overstatement. “Blue Point is an amazing horse; he’s been the horse of a lifetime – to even breed one like him is amazing,” says his adoring breeder. “We’ve knocked some sport out of it, we had a barbeque at home on the Saturday of Royal Ascot and everyone came round to
oak lodge stud The Oak Lodge Bloodstock-bred Blue Point wins the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, doubling up at Royal Ascot 2019 after success five days earlier in the Group 1 Kings’ Stand Stakes. Reddy Coffey admits that Oak Lodge got “plenty of sport” out of the two wins with a gathering at the stud to watch the first success and a BBQ for Diamond Jubilee day
Breeder of the dual 2019 Group 1 Royal Ascot winner Blue Point, and standing its first stallion Unfortunately for 2020, it is exciting times for Oak Lodge and Springfield Studs, writes Aisling Crowe watch him win the King’s Stand this year,” he remarks of the joy brought by breeding a superstar. Blue Point came into being because of his dam’s success with sons of Giant’s Causeway, a stallion and sire line in which Coffey and his wife Linda believe strongly. Scarlett Rose, Blue Point’s dam, had already produced the Group 2 Railway Stakes winner to Footstepsinthesand so Shamardal was a logical choice for the daughter of Royal Applause.
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“Blue Point is an amazing horse; he’s been the horse of a lifetime – to even breed one like him is amazing
Coffey explains: “Shamardal being another son of Giant’s Causeway was the initial attraction. Also Shamardal is a big, physical horse and the mare needs a stallion like that, but the main thing was Giant’s Causeway. “We’ve bred three Group winners by Giant’s Causeway line sires so we are big fans of him and his son. We usually have a mare to go to Footsteps every year; he is a good sire and has been lucky for us.” They hope to have a couple of mares in Blue Point’s first book as well as continuing to
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oak lodge stud support other Giant’s Causeway line sires, in particular Footstepsinthesand. “We have a home-bred colt by Footstepsinthesand going to Goffs November Foal Sale this month – Lot 318 is a colt out of Tartan Blue, a winning Kyllachy mare who has bred a winner with her first runner,” he says. Blue Point himself was a particular standout as a foal for the calm, unflustered nature he possessed. An easy foal to care for, he was not bothered by the necessary interventions of life, nor did he cause his breeders a moment’s worry. The ideal foal in every way. Scarlett Rose has a yearling Invincible Spirit filly bred in partnership with the Irish National Stud, whose share the family bought out at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. “It is exciting to have his half-sister to come back to the farm after her racing career,” says Coffey. “Scarlett Rose has no foal at foot because the Invincible Spirit filly was a late foal so we gave her the year off and she is in-foal to Frankel. “The filly will run in my mother-in-law’s colours, so it’s exciting for the whole family, and, hopefully, she has an engine. “My wife Linda is huge on pedigrees and what stallions to use on the mares and we all sit down and go through it, she was adamant about using Shamardal and we looked at them all. “We went to Frankel because he is an exciting horse and he puts a bit of staying power Reddy Coffey: he and wife Linda bought out foal share partner The Irish National Stud for the Invincible Spirit half-sister to Blue Point
“Shamardal looks like he is a good broodmare sire as Giant’s Causeway is, but it’s not easy to buy good mares into them, too,” he adds. The broodmare band of 14 is one that is constantly changing as Coffey looks to upgrade the mares, but with the dam of a Group 1 winner amongst them and his halfsister by a leading global sire to one day join the Springfield House mares, there is plenty to be excited about. “I love old pedigrees,” he smiles. “We have a Woodman mare at home Lough Mewin, and there aren’t too many of them around, but you have to keep it fresh too. Shamardal looks like he is a good broodmare sire as Giant’s Causeway is, but it’s not easy to buy good mares.” They are offering two fillies with the pedigrees and potential to be just that at Goffs Breeding Stock Sale. First up is Lot 1029, a three-yearold daughter of Speightstown, inbred 3x3 to the great Storm Cat and a half-sister to Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap winner, Istanford. She is followed by Lot 1030, a three-year-old Born To Sea half-sister to Group 2 Coventry Stakes winner and sire Rajasinghe. “The Speightstown filly is a real good-looking filly and is a half to a stakes filly and to another who has produced stakes horses. “We have a filly called Le Freak who is a half-sister to Rajasinghe, she is a nice filly and is also a half to another stakes horse, the Listedplaced Kheleyf filly Kurland.”
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TALLIONS HAVE BEEN part of the stud’s repertoire over the years since Oak Lodge was founded by Pat and Claire Fitzsimons in 1980. Val Royal stood a number of seasons at the farm and the couple bred his dual Classic hero Cockney Rebel during his time at the farm. He was succeeded by Heliostatic, winner of the Group 3 Meld Stakes and a year older full-brother to Soldier Of Fortune. Heliostatic is now plying his trade successfully in Argentina. The team has been on the look-out for the right stallion over the last few years and, after waiting patiently, has found the right one in Group 1 Prix Morny winner Unfortunately. The son of ill-fated Society Rock has had one season at Cheveley Park Stud under his belt and Coffey was a fan of the sire before the opportunity to stand him came along, sending three mares to the stallion in his first season. The trio is made up of Miss Fay, a winning half-sister to the Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Queen Of The Sand. She is carrying her first foal by Unfortunately, as is Barbieri, a winning daughter of Encosta Da Lago, and the dam of three winners so far. The third member of the three is Puppet Theatre, a Pivotal mare and half-sister to Listed winner Emboss. Coffey added a fourth in-foal mare to the farm’s broodmare band with the purchase of Designated at last summer’s Tattersalls July Sale. She is a Dutch Art mare out of a full-sister to Group 1 Lockinge and Sun Chariot Stakes winner Peeress. His enthusiasm for Unfortunately is plain to see and hear when he speaks of the young sire and the potential he possesses. “He is a cracking-looking horse with a good step to him; he won a Group 1 as a twoyear-old and when people come to see him they love him. He is such an athlete, a real good-moving horse with a great temperament and he is 16hh, a fine horse,” is his effusive assessment of Unfortunately, whose racing career also took in victories in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin and the Group 3 Renaissance Stakes, his swan-song a victory over American Pharoah’s younger brother. The move to Tipperary and Springfield House Stud is born of a long relationship between Cheveley Park Stud and the Coffey and Fitzsimon families’ properties. Cheveley Park Stud boards the mares who visit Irish stallions at the farm, where they usually reside for two months, before returning to Newmarket in-foal.
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oak lodge stud Coffey reveals that the venture is a partnership between the two studs with Cheveley Park Stud continuing its strong support of the young sire at his new Tipperary base. “Cheveley is supporting him strongly, they sent 20 mares to him this year and will send 20 mares to him next year,” states Coffey. “They are big believers in the horse. We’ll send about ten of our mares to him as well, and if people come to see him they are going to love him. He has let down into a fine horse.” A handful of those Cheveley Park Stud mares are for sale at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale and the quality of the pedigrees on offer is of a high standard. Effusive (Lot 1484) is a daughter of Starspangledbanner out of Thrill, a full-sister to Infallible, the dam of this season’s Group 1 Falmouth Stakes winner Veracious from
“It is a very exciting time, we have always been on the lookout for the right one and I think we have found the right one in Unfortunately
the family of Garswood. Postulant (Lot 1699) is a full-sister to the Group 2 winners Supplicant and Penitent and has produced fillies by Dutch Art, Lethal Force and Ulysses so far. “It is a very exciting time, we have always been on the lookout for the right one and I think we have found the right one in Unfortunately. “Society Rock is a loss, let’s call it as it is. A lot of people in Ireland have bred good horses by Society Rock so hopefully they will use Unfortunately. “I talked to Karl Burke about him and he loved him, he has a breeding right in him so he will send two mares over to him. “It’s great when the trainer backs you. I can’t emphasise how excited I am about Unfortunately – to have a horse who has won a Group 1 and is a good looker as well, he ticks all the boxes.”
Unfortunately has moved to Oak Lodge for 2020: Cheveley Park Stud is continuing its support and has plans to send 20 mares to the son of Society Rock
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CABLE BAY INVINCIBLE SPIRIT
Leading 1st Crop Sires in GB and IRE 2019 SIRE
GRANDSIRE
BTH
GRW
GPH
TOTAL £
1
Cable Bay
Invincible Spirit
WNRS WINS
19
29
6
1
4
570,687
2 3 4 5 6
Night of Thunder Gleneagles Due Diligence Gutaifan Anjaal
Dubawi Galileo War Front Dark Angel Bahamian Bounty
20 15 14 22 9
27 20 25 29 15
5 5 3 1 0
1 2 2 0 0
1 3 2 1 0
451,820 427,211 321,795 311,597 249,428
To date 21st October 2019.
IMPRESSIVE SALES PRICES:
£320,000, £200,000, £175,000, £160,000, £150,000, £140,000, €130,000, £110,000, £105,000, £90,000 Also sire of high class 2yo’s, KING’S LYNN, Winner of Weatherbys £150,000 2yo Stakes, Multiple group placed ROPEY GUEST, ISABEAU, second to Cheveley Park winner Millisle in the Listed Curragh Stakes etc
NEW FOR 2020
LAND FORCE NO NAY NEVER
LAND FORCE (IRE) (2016) A Bay Colt
No Nay Never (USA)
Theann (GB) (2004)
Scat Daddy (USA) Cat's Eye Witness (USA) Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) Cassandra Go (IRE)
Johannesburg (USA) Love Style (USA) Elusive Quality (USA) Comical Cat (USA) Danehill (USA) Offshore Boom Indian Ridge Rahaam (USA)
LAND FORCE (IRE): won 3 races at 2 years, 2018 and £192,225 viz Qatar Richmond Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.2,Coolmore Pride of Dubai Tipperary Stakes, Tipperary, L. and Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden, Curragh, placed 4 times including third in Norfolk Stakes, Ascot, Gr.2, Cold Move EBF Marble Hill Stakes, Curragh, L. and fourth in Darley Prix Morny, Deauville, Gr.1. 1st Dam THEANN (GB), won 2 races at 2 and 3 years and £74,644 including Cuisine de France Summer Stakes, York, Gr.3, second in Flame of Tara Stakes, Curragh, L., third in Greenlands Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3 and Dimitrova 1000 Guineas Trial, Leopardstown, Gr.3; dam of four winners from 5 runners and 8 foals of racing age includingPHOTO CALL (IRE) (2011 f. by Galileo (IRE)), won 6 races at 3 to 5 years at home and in U.S.A. and £544,932 including Rodeo Drive Stakes, Santa Anita, Gr.1, First Lady Stakes, Keeneland, Gr.1, Violet Stakes, Monmouth Park, Gr.3 and Orchid Stakes, Gulfstream Park, Gr.3, placed 7 times including second in Beaugay Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.3, Robert G Dick Memorial Stakes, Delaware Park, Gr.3, third in La Prevoyante Handicap, Gulfstream Park, Gr.3 and Perfect Sting Stakes, Belmont Park. LAND FORCE (IRE) (2016 c. by No Nay Never (USA)), see above. 2nd Dam CASSANDRA GO (IRE), won 6 races at 3 to 5 years and £243,262 including King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, Tripleprint Temple Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.2, King George Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.3 and EBF Lansdown Stakes, Bath, L., placed 7 times including second in Darley July Cup, Newmarket, Gr.1, Ballyogan Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.3, Palace House Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3, Stanley Racing Summer Stakes, York, L. and third in EBF Insulpak Swinley Stakes, Ascot, L.; Own sister to Grey Eminence (FR); dam of eight winners from 10 runners and 12 foals of racing age includingHALFWAY TO HEAVEN (IRE) (f. by Pivotal (GB)), won 4 races at 2 and 3 years and £470,905 including Boylesports Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, Blue Square Nassau Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.1 and Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, placed 4 times including second in Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.3, third in Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.1, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Longchamp, Gr.1; dam of winners. MAGICAL (IRE), Jt Champion 3yr old in Europe in 2018 (11-13f.), 8 races at 2 to 4 years, 2019 and £2,466,935 including Tattersalls Gold Cup, Curragh, Gr.1, Irish Champion Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.1 and Brit. Champions Fillies/Mare Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, placed 10 times including second in Coral Eclipse, Sandown Park, Gr.1, Moyglare Stud Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, Prince of Wales's Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, Darley Yorkshire Oaks, York, Gr.1 and Breeders' Cup Turf, Churchill Downs, Gr.1. RHODODENDRON (IRE), Champion older mare in Ireland in 2018, Jt top rated 2yr old filly in Ireland in 2016, 5 races at 2 to 4 years, 2018 at home and in France and £1,363,928 including Dubai Fillies' Mile, Newmarket, Gr.1, Lockinge Stakes, Newbury, Gr.1 and Prix de l'Opera, Chantilly, Gr.1, second in Investec Oaks Stakes, Epsom Downs, Gr.1, 1000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Del Mar, Gr.1 and third in Moyglare Stud Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1. FLYING THE FLAG (IRE), 3 races at 2, 3 and 5 years at home and in U.A.E. and £125,188 including eFlow 'You First' International Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3, placed 6 times including second in Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes, Curragh, Gr.2. TICKLED PINK (IRE) (f. by Invincible Spirit (IRE)), won 3 races at 3 and 4 years and £77,734 including Connaught Flooring Abernant Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3 and The Coral Charge Sprint Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.3, placed 3 times; dam of winners. THEANN (GB) (f. by Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)), see above. Fantasy (IRE) (f. by Invincible Spirit (IRE)), won 1 race at 2 years, 2018 and £24,413 and placed 4 times including third in John Sisk & Son Round Tower Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3 and Curragh Stakes, Curragh, L. NEVERLETME GO (IRE), won 2 races at 3 and £16,954 and placed 3 times; dam of winners. BEST REGARDS (IRE), Champion 3yr old Sprinter in Germany in 2013, 3 races at 2 and 3 years in France and in Germany and £43,335 including Hoppegartener Fliegerpreis, Berlin-Hoppegarten, L., placed twice including third in P.Afrika Linen J Essberger Flieger Preis, Hamburg, Gr.3. Tilthe End of Time (IRE), unraced; dam of Snazzy (IRE), 1 race at 2 years, 2018 and £26,636, third in Langleys Solicitors EBF Marygate Stakes, York, L. 3rd Dam RAHAAM (USA), won 1 race at 3 years and placed twice, from only 4 starts; dam of nine winners from 9 runners and 10 foals of racing age includingVERGLAS (IRE), won 3 races at 2 and 3 years at home and in U.S.A. including Coventry Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.3, second in Lexus Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, San Marino Handicap, Santa Anita, L.R. and third in Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes, Gr.1; sire. PERSIAN SECRET (FR), won 3 races at 2 and 3 years at home and in France including Prix La Sorellina, La Teste Buch, L., placed second in Ewar Stud Empress Stakes, Newmarket, L. and third in Bonusprint Champion 2yo Trophy, Ripon, L.; dam of winners. DO THE HONOURS (IRE), Champion 3yr old Sprinter in France in 2001, 5 races at 2 and 3 years in France including Prix de Meautry Royal Barriere, Deauville, Gr.3, placed 3 times; grandam of CROSS COUNTER (GB), 6 races at 2 to 4 years, 2019 at home, in Australia and in U.A.E. including Melbourne Cup, Flemington, Gr.1, third in Qatar Goodwood Cup Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.1, BRODERIE (GB), 4 races at 3 and 4 years, 2019 at home, in France and in Germany including G.P. von Rossmann, Hannover, L., third in G. P. der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Dresden, Gr.3. SEBA (GB), 3 races at 2 and 3 years at home and in U.S.A. including Chesham Stakes, Royal Ascot, L., third in Mother Goose Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.1. Posterity (IRE), unraced; dam of FUTURE GENERATION (IRE), 6 races at 2 to 4 years at home and
Contact: Jake Warren
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“A brilliantly fast 2yo which he proved when winning the Richmond. He was very unlucky not to win the Norfolk, we were drawn on the wrong side.” - RYAN MOORE
Gr.2 Richmond Stakes
EXCELLENT LOOKS & Conformation (like his Sire) €350,000 Goffs yearling BRILLIANTLY FAST winner of the prestigious 6f, Gr.2 Richmond Stakes VERY FAST winner of the 5f, Tipperary Stakes, Listed PEDIGREE full of champions inc Cassandra Go, Magical, Rhododendron and Verglas +44 (0)7730 272 895
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decline of top horses
Where have all the good horses gone? This season again sees a dearth of top-rated three-year-olds – Jocelyn de Moubray tries to find the reasons behind the fall in numbers
Ten Sovereigns (left) and Too Darn Hot are two of this year’s three-year-olds on RP Ratings of 125; just 11 European horses are rated 120 or above
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HEN REVIEWING September’s European racing I reflected that every year as autumn begins there seems to be a general consensus that this year’s Classic generation is not an exceptional one. If you look at Racing Post Ratings not only do this year’s three-year-olds seem to be a below-average group, but they rejoin each of the last eight generations of European threeyear-olds. Since the Frankel generation, born in 2008 and conceived before the financial crisis
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in 2007, there seems to have been a general decline in the number of European-trained three-year-olds capable of achieving a rating of 120 or higher during their Classic season. This year in 2019 there are currently 11 European-trained three-year-olds rated 120 or higher with the joint-highest rated at 125: Japan, Ten Sovereigns and Too Darn Hot. Over the last eight years there has been an average of 13 rated at this level every year with the best group being those born in 2014 – a crop which included Cracksman, Enable and this year’s top horses Waldgeist and Crystal Ocean. The crop with the fewest was the one born
in 2009, conceived during the financial crisis, when the generation included only seven three-year-olds rated 120 or higher, headed by Camelot on 126. The last eight crops of European threeyear-olds have included three horses rated 130 or higher, Golden Horn on 132 and Treve and Cracksman on 130. If you look back at the early years of this century the ratings tell a very different story. The best year for numbers of high-class horses was 2004 when there were a total of 25, and during the five years 2007-2011 there were at least 20 every year. From these five crops there were a total
decline of top horses Market changes
The third is Japan, who is seen here winning the Juddmonte International from Crystal Ocean
of nine horses rated 130 or higher with Rip Van Winkle, Fame And Glory, Authorized, New Approach, Raven’s Pass, Canford Cliffs and Workforce being joined by two great champions in Frankel and Sea The Stars, who were rated 139 and 138 at three. There seems to be little doubt that since the years of the financial crisis there have been
both fewer high-class racehorses trained in Europe, and significantly fewer very good ones. Eight consecutive years of below-average crops suggests that this is a well established trend and not a statistical anomaly which, like most variables, will soon revert back towards the mean.
The decline began with the crop conceived in 2008 which is entirely logical. At the beginning of 2008 nobody in the breeding world could have felt very confident about the future of the bloodstock market and by the beginning of the following breeding season in 2009 the anxiety had spread to more or less any market following the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank in the autumn of 2008. The stallion market in Europe did not escape from the general economic restructuring and today’s market is very different from that in place during the 2006 covering season. In 2006, the 25 busiest sires in Europe covered a total of 3,968 mares giving them an average book of 168 mares. Of these 25 stallions, 19 stood in Ireland (76 per cent) and six in Britain (24 per cent), and 13 (52 per cent) at Coolmore and six (24 per cent) at Darley-owned farms. Move forward 12 years and the 25 busiest sires in Europe covered around 12 per cent more mares, up to a total of 4,413 with an average book of 177. Of these sires 17 (68 per cent) stood in Ireland, four (16 per cent) in Britain and four (16 per cent) in France. Many more farms were involved with Coolmore’s share down to eight stallions (32 per cent) and Darley’s two (8 per cent). Whereas in 2006 all five of the busiest sires
The two great champions of the first decade of the 21st century: left, Sea The Stars, and, right, Frankel. As three-year-old they were rated 138 and 139
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decline of top horses were based at Coolmore, in 2018 only two were, Australia and Caravaggio, who were joined by two other Irish sires – Dark Angel and Kodiac – and a French one, Siyouni. These five sires covered almost 1,100 mares in 2018. The European stallion market has become more competitive and international with the rise of French-based sires, and the most popular sires cover more mares than ever and a higher proportion of the total. Surprisingly, the most popular sires in 2018 included more middle-distance performers and producers than was the case back in 2006 as the list includes middledistance horses such as Australia, Highland Reel, Sea The Stars and Galileo as well as other established sires – Dubawi, Frankel and Mastercraftsman, who all produce plenty of middle-distance horses.
Lack of genetic diversity
If the stallion market is having an effect on the quality of production it can only be due to a reduction in genetic diversity. The most popular sires are covering more mares than ever before, and although they may not necessarily be faster or more precocious horses than they were 12 years earlier, there is no doubt the genetic diversity on offer has been reduced. The Sadler’s Wells and Danehill lines were already dominant in 2006 and the narrower Galileo version even more so in 2018. Shamardal and Dubawi may leave behind extensive dynasties, but they are not there yet.
Climate change
The third-most plausible explanation is climate as changes in weather patterns and rainfall impact both the conditions on which
...two-year-old racing and two-year-old races have come to be ever-more important for the commercial value of thoroughbreds thoroughbreds are raised and the tracks on which they are exercised and then raced. According to the UK’s Drought Portal five of the eight years concerned had unusual rainfall with two very dry years in 2009 and 2010, two extremely dry years in 2011 and 2013 and one very wet year in 2012. There have been similar episodes of prolonged drought and very wet periods in the rest of Europe’s thoroughbred breeding and racing regions. How these new weather patterns affect young thoroughbreds is beyond the scope of this article, but there has been a very visible effect on racecourses and training tracks. Most tracks and their watering systems in Europe have been devised to operate in a temperate climate with frequent rainfall. Periods of prolonged drought have created problems all over Europe and at a time when trainers are making more demands upon their tracks in order to be able to compete at the highest level. The 21st century has also seen the rise
Is climate change and increased watering of racecourses causing changes to the European racehorse?
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of All-Weather tracks which now stage around 40 per cent of all racing, and a higher proportion still of all exercise takes place on All-Weather or sand tracks. How precisely the different types of tracks affect the horses who work on them is another expert field beyond the scope of this article, but all the extent of All-Weather racing and training is a major change, and these tracks and their maintenance are also affected by changes in rainfall and climate.
Two-year-old dominance
The fourth hypothesis which seems reasonable is a change in the racing programme for horses with the potential to be high class. Again it is only possible to make generalisations as each owner and trainer makes different decisions, but there would be widespread agreement that over the course of the last 20 years two-year-old racing and two-year-old races have come to be evermore important for the commercial value of thoroughbreds, and the number of people who ignore commercial incentives is ever smaller. If you look at the ratings achieved in races such as the Coventry Stakes (G2) at or the Middle Park Stakes (G1) it is clear that twoyear-old sprints have more prestige than was once the case. The two stallions who covered the most mares in Europe in 2018 – Kodiac 239 and Dark Angel 218 – made their reputations above all with two-year-old sprinters. Not only are stallions likely to produce two-year-old sprinters very popular, but if you look closely at the mares sent to middledistance stallions they are overwhelmingly fast mares, as received opinion now is that if you do breed to this type of horse you have to put speed in. It is, of course, pointless being dogmatic about a trend which involves so many different variables. There seems to be little doubt that there are fewer high-class horses in Europe than was the case during the first part of the century, and there are many possible explanations for this trend. Those outlined above, reduced genetic diversity, climate change, artificial racing and training surfaces, and different aims in racing and breeding are just of the many possibilities. However, it may be time for somebody to do some proper research as it would be worrying for everybody involved if the trend were to continue.
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pinhooking results
Richard Wilne of the-racehorse.com discovers whether foal pinhookers...
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HE YEARLING SALE SEASON saw a number of notable and brave pinhook successes, with a top price of 875,000gns paid by Godolphin for a son of Sea The Stars, consigned by Longview Stud. The bay was a 400,000gns foal purchase at Tattersalls last December. At the other end of the scale some cheap foal buys also gave positive results – for instance, Culworth Grounds Farm sold
its Cable Bay pinhook for 160,000gns to Shadwell. The colt had been bought for just €4,000 the year before at the Tattersalls Ireland Foal Sale. Looking at the pinhook market of Arqana, Goffs, Book 1 and Book 2 in 2019, analysis of the-racehorse.com database shows that 512 horses were sold as yearlings in 2019 having been purchased as foals last year. Of those: • 44 (8.6 per cent) sold for
£100,000 or more above their foal price • 276 (53.9 per cent) made a return of £10,000 or more • 392 (76.6 per cent) were in positive territory The yearling market held up well and this has delivered returns to the majority of vendors. Of the 44 lots achieving a profit in excess of £100,000: • the benefits were spread among 28 separate yearling vendors
Average pinhook profit for selected foal and yearling sales Sale
Number
% profitable
Average profits (£)
Purchase of foals later pinhooked Tattersalls December Foal 302 Goffs November Foal 129 Arqana Breeding Stock 53
72.8 83.7 77.4
28,031 38,928 46,785
Sale of pinhooked yearlings Tattersalls October Book 1 84 Tattersalls October Book 2 123 Goffs UK Premier 80 Goffs Orby 65 Arqana August 17
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81.0 71.5 72.5 75.4 82.4
84,171 25,753 20,199 35,213 68,874
• 24 sires were responsible for these yearlings, with Sea The Stars dominant • Awtaad’s first crop was also popular, with four lots giving an average profit of £213,000 • The Tattersalls December Foal Sale and Goffs November Foal Sale between them provided 36 of those 44 foals. Whilst heady returns were therefore available for standout lots, the majority of the market was at a more modest level. The median profit of yearling price over foal price (excluding costs) for all pinhooked lots was £12,720 – the median price of the foal purchases was £31,500 and the median of pinhooked yearling sales was £47,250. The table on the left shows the average pinhook profit for selected foal and yearling sales. In all, the Tattersalls December Foal Sale was the source of 302 foals later sold as yearlings, with 220 selling profitably a year later, including the top three lots by yearling prices achieved. A higher average profit was achieved, though, by foals bought at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale and at the Goffs November Foal Sale, with the Tattersalls Foal Sale average reduced by the
pinhooking results
Awtaad: leading new sire by average pin-hook profit
2019 pinhooks – leading sire profit (by five or more sold) Two of the year’s leading pinhooks: above, Lot 390, the colt by Lawman out of Lady Gorgeous bought for €55,000, sold at Tattersalls October Book 1 by Glenvale Stud for 525,000gns, below, Lot 413, a colt by Sea The Stars, bought for 400,000gns and sold at Book 1 by Longview Stud for 875,000gns
fact it is a much bigger market, with a greater range of foals offered. The elite yearling sales were the source of the largest profits with Tattersalls October Book 1 and the Arqana August Sale both generating the highest average returns for vendors. The table of sires by pinhook profit (see opposite) is headed by Invincible Spirit, Sea The Stars and Siyouni, demonstrating that top-class sires in strong demand
The median profit of yearling price over foal price (excluding costs) for all pinhooked lots was £12,720
Sire
Average profit
Nos sold
Invincible Spirit (IRE)
154,874
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Sea The Stars (IRE)
135,976
17
Siyouni (FR)
132,874
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Australia (GB)
90,096
6
Awtaad (IRE)
86,031
12
The Gurkha (IRE)
83,351
5
No Nay Never (USA)
80,907
7
Olympic Glory (IRE)
63,869
6
Cable Bay (IRE)
54,276
6
Iffraaj (GB)
49,251
9
Exceed and Excel (AUS)
42,487
8
Fast Company (IRE)
40,977
7
Le Havre (IRE)
40,246
5
Territories (IRE)
39,586
17
New Bay (GB)
38,062
8
Wootton Bassett (GB)
28,299
5
Pivotal (GB)
27,232
7
Equiano (FR)
24,693
6
Shalaa (IRE)
24,646
11
Belardo (IRE)
23,838
11
Dandy Man (IRE)
21,867
15
Adaay (IRE)
19,366
12
Showcasing (GB)
17,553
18
Acclamation (GB)
17,479
12
Bated Breath (GB)
16,533
5
Footstepsinthesand (GB)
13,573
6
Brazen Beau (AUS)
12,483
5
Mehmas (IRE)
12,180
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pinhooking results
Sophie Buckley: her Culworth Grounds Farm had a result with its Cable Bay colt – bought as a foal for €4,000 he was sold for 160,000gns. The sire generated good pinhook results overall after his good first year with runners
at high yearling prices can deliver large profits to pinhookers. Some of the very commercial stallions, while leading sires and command good yearling prices, profits were hard to come by for pinhookers with these sires – the high prices paid by the foal buyers prices not always reflected at the yearling sales. A number of first-crop sires made good returns with Awtaad, The Gurkha, Territories, Belardo and New Bay all generating strong profits with a good number of yearlings sold. Shalaa was the runaway leading first-crop sire by yearling average, but his high foal prices meant a lower profit for pinhookers. The correlation between the list of the top ten leading first-crop sires by average foal price at the Goffs November Foal Sale and subsequent pinhook profits is high.
A number of first-crop sires made good returns, with Awtaad, The Gurkha, Territories, Belardo and New Bay all generating strong profits Prospective purchasers might do well to look out for other offspring of these sires at the foal sales later in the season and will find details of these averages on the-racehorse.com
after the Goffs sale. Another group of sires to give good returns to pinhookers were sires “on the up” in terms of racecourse performance in 2019. Whilst sires with their first runners may be harder to predict – freshman sire Cable Bay generated an average profit of £54,000 for his followers – there were good returns for foals by the majority of the top ten on last season’s first-crop sires table, with No Nay Never notable in delivering an average pinhook profit of £81,000. Following leading first-season sires in the hope of an effective second season on the track may be an effective route to pinhooking profit in 2020, and foals by Cable Bay, Night Of Thunder, Gleneagles and Make Believe are sure to be in strong demand next month.
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Changes afoot in South Africa Liz Price reports on a summer trip to South Africa for the Durban July meeting
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HE STARTER RAISED HIS ARM. The crowd cheered and off they went. No fillies were at the start this year, but about 30 more or-less-sure-footed males sprinted with enthusiasm towards the finish line at the Greyville racecourse in Durban, eager to win the 13th race, the last event on the day of the famous Durban July. As none of them wore any distinguishing
silks, or anything else for that matter, there was no official betting on the race, but the crowd watched them with good humour and the winner was cheered just as much as the defending champion Do It Again had been celebrated a couple of hours earlier when he lifted the 2019 Vodacom Durban July for the second consecutive year. “Yes,” laughs Justin Snaith, the trainer of Do It Again, after the bunch of naked guys
Trainer Justin Snaith aboard his bike named in honour of his 2019 Durban July winner, Do it Again
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disappeared back into the crowds, probably praying that their mates had not disappeared with their clothes. “The 13th race is part of a tradition here. Even I ran it once. Fortunately, there are no photos. I ran it as a kid.” He pauses and then adds kind of grudgingly: “Well, I was over 18 and I did have underpants on. One of my client’s wives tried to pull it off me, so it’s great fun. In the old days it used to be a crowd of guys and they used to go up to the 200 and then run naked. They call it the 13th race. I think it’s great.”
south africa Snaith, who was first crowned champion trainer in South Africa in 2014 and has won or finished second in every championship since the 2007-08 season, is slightly economical with the truth, only took out a training license in 2000 and is now just 43- years old. Anyone doing the maths will quickly come to the conclusion that he must have been way past 18 years of age when he declared himself a runner in the 13th race. His attempt to hide this little nugget of information is easily forgiven though as Snaith’s boyish grin, coupled with a deeply ingrained sense of horsemanship that comes from practically being born on horseback, makes him South Africa’s hottest commodity in racing. “It’s a family business,” he quickly declares, eager to deflect the attention from himself to his father Chris, the man he admires more than anyone else, and brother Jonathan who
is “brilliant at showing what Capetown is like and can literally do anything”. The Snaith family has been involved in horseracing in South Africa for generations and talking about the Durban July, the most important handicap in the country, which has been run on the first Saturday of July since 1897 and is worth R 4.25 million (approximately £231,227), he adds: “Natal racing is steeped in history. The whole city comes together for the big day. “My grandmother’s brother won this race in 1904 and again in 1912 and my father won it in the 90s and then I won it, so it’s unbelievable.” Snaith had 22 horses in the yard when his father Chris handed him the reins, but in partnership with his brother Jonathan he quickly built the yard into a thriving business with 120 horses stabled at their base in Capetown with another 20 in Durban. He puts his success down to working in
one of the most beautiful destinations in the world and having an international clientele, that reads like a Who’s Who of the industry’s most influential breeders and owners. He says: “South Africa is still one of the best value for money places in the world in which to own a horse. “You can race at a minimal amount compared to Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK. “We do a lot of work on the beaches in Capetown and everyone just loves it. Owners come down to watch their horses and then go for breakfast. “My brother is brilliant at showing what Capetown is like. The platform is set, it’s not a hard sell. Also, we have the stock. Because of our problems with exporting, we have kept our best horses in South Africa so while the export problems have been against us, it has also been an advantage. “In the UK, if you don’t breed horses
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Above, Snaith’s owners particularly enjoy watching their horses work on the beaches of Capetown before heading off for breakfast, below, Do It Again
but want to own a Group 1 horse, you are competing against the Sheikhs and Coolmore at the sales and it’s very hard to purchase a Group 1 horse. “Here in South Africa, you go to the sales and buy a Group 1 horse for a lot less money. And, if the quarantine does open out, the horses can compete on an international level.”
End in sight for quarantine issues
For much of the past 15 years, international movement of horses trained in South Africa has been extremely restricted, if near impossible, due to the presence of African Horse Sickness in the country. Recently, however, officials have become much more confident that the quarantine issue is soon to be resolved. In August, top trainer Mike de Kock, a board member of the South Africa Equine Health and Protocols, announced that he was setting up a satellite yard at the Cranbourne Racing Centre close to Melbourne, Australia. “I can guarantee that we now have world-class risk mitigation systems in place,” says Adrian Todd, managing director of South Africa Equine Health and Protocols, a specially formed implementation arm of the Import/Export task team. “We have started to apply to the EU for another audit. There have been a few trade issues that the country is trying to work out at the moment, but I can tell you that I am
confident we will have these issues resolved. I expect us to have an audit this year still and that should open us back up for safe and sustainable trade.” And he continues: “It will let South Africa enter into the international community. That will allow horses to come here and race here. “International sponsorship and involvement will grow and it will sustain jobs because our country is on the brink of not being able to sustain jobs. “You cannot play in isolation for ever, but we are confident that the public/private partnership has addressed the shortcomings that were there, as the government wasn’t able to implement everything. “In a nutshell, I expect this to be resolved this year.” This is welcome news in a country that has suffered greatly from the imposed isolation. Snaith, who has never travelled any of his horses outside of South Africa, agrees. “What it has cost our industry and how many people have fallen to the wayside to get this right; I don’t think we will ever get that money back,” he says. “We have lost millions in our industry to try and get this to work. We have literally shut down our racing in order to get this right.” Snaith, who still rides out in the morning and still keeps his polo ponies close by, even when he decamps to Durban for four months of the year, admits that in the past he had considered relocating to the UK.
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south africa Like any other trainer, he would love to test his skills abroad and one horse he wishes he could have taken to Europe is the Gaynor Rupert-owned Oh Susanna, South Africa’s reigning Horse of the Year. The five-year-old mare by Street Cry and out of Sharp Susan has already won four Group 1 races and Snaith unabashedly gushes about her. “She is phenomenal. She is by Street Cry and I don’t think I have to say too much about him and how many superstars he has had, such as Winx and Zenyatta. “Oh Susanna is our Zenyatta. She is the type of filly I would love to take to a race in
France, because I think she would enjoy that type of racing. “Ff she did well, we’d take her to the next level in the UK and then to stud. That is what I would have recommended if it had opened up.” He pauses and then adds: “Actually, I would like to win any race abroad. I used to work for David Hayes in Australia, so winning the Melbourne Cup would be nice. “And I dream about winning a race at Royal Ascot. Any race, a maiden, a claimer; I don’t care which one it is.” Snaith lives and breathes racing and now it looks like it will only be a question of a few
more months before he can start planning a trip to the States, to Dubai or to Europe. For the time being though he is content to celebrate Do It Again’s second victory in the Durban July, a meeting Mike de Kock has called the “Royal Ascot” of South Africa. The vibrant colours of the traditional dress, reflecting the ancient traditions of the different tribes, are a feast for the eyes, while the enthusiastic crowd is buoyant and light-hearted enjoying every aspect of this race meeting, which is truly unique. Capetown has the pristine beaches and the stunning scenery, but the Durban atmosphere is something no visitor will ever forget.
Some of the sights at the Durban July meet... as this is a family magazine we have not included the photos from the “13th race”
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BOBBY’S KITTEN
Bay 2011 by Kitten’s Joy – Celestial Woods (by Forestry)
• ONLY 3YO EVER to win Group 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, beating NO NAY NEVER • Won 6 races at 2, 3 and 5 years and $1.4m in the USA and Ireland – all on Turf • A Graded Stakes winner at 2 and 3 years • A specialist miler who could also sprint
FIRST RUNNERS 2020
SEA THE MOON
Bay 2011 by Sea The Stars – Sanwa (by Monsun)
• Sensational 11 length German Derby winner • Champion 3yo and Horse of the Year • Sire of 16 black-type horses to date in 4 European countries including: Champion German 2yo NOBLE MOON 2yo Irish Group 2 winner ALPINE STAR Irish Group 3 winner HAMARIYNA Dual Group 3 winner & Group 1 placed QUEST THE MOON • Champion Sire of 2yo’s in Germany in 2018
A LEADING EUROPEAN 2ND CROP SIRE IN 2019
SIR PERCY
Bay 2003 by Mark of Esteem – Percy’s Lass (by Blakeney)
• Undefeated Champion 2yo; Champion 3yo & Derby winner • Sire of 47 individual Stakes horses including: Group 1 winners WAKE FOREST and SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD; and in 2019, Gr.3 winner PANTSONFIRE, dual European Oaks winner FALCON BABY, Gr.1-placed 2yo FLIGHTY LADY, Gr.2-placed CLEONTE, Gr.3-placed 2yo BERKSHIRE ROCCO, etc. • Sire of 78 lifetime individual 2yo winners to date
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Broodmare stakes sires 2019 Broodmare sires of stakes winners in Europe and UAE in 2018 Horses are listed under their broodmare sire with the respective sire in brackets. Includes Group (1,2,3) and Listed (L) wins in Europe and UAE up to and including October 21st
Acatenango Django Freeman (Campanologist) Sharja Bridge (Oasis Dream) Acclamation Archer’s Dream (Dream Ahead) Broome (Australia) Platinum Star (Lope De Vega) Raucous (Dream Ahead) Secret Sharp (Arcano) Tifosa (Kodiac) Agnes World Do It In Rio (Rio De La Plata) Akarad Pedro Cara (Pedro The Great) Altieri Armageddon (Le Vie Infinite) Amadeus Wolf Soffia (Kyllachy) Anabaa Bartaba (Deep Impact) Forest Ranger (Lawman) Plumatic (Dubawi) Royal Lytham (Gleneagles) Southern France (Galileo) Tresorerie (Intello)
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Any Given Saturday Maven (American Pharoah) Areion Ashrun (Authorized) Cliffs Art (Canford Cliffs) Namos (Medicean) Preciosa (Sea The Moon)
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3L L 3 L
Aussie Rules Up Helly Aa (Galileo)
L
Authorized Al Hilalee (Dubawi) Etoile (Siyouni) Lapulced’acqua (Epaulette)
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Banyumanik Nacida (Wiener Walzer)
L
Blues Traveller Urban Beat (Red Jazz)
L
Barathea Spirit Of Appin (Champs Elysees)
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Broken Vow Dolkong (Afleet Alex)
L
Bartok Iskra (Mount Nelson)
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Byron Snazzy Jazzy (Red Jazz)
L
Beat Hollow Le Baol (Orpen) Viadera (Bated Breath) Bering Stradivarius (Sea The Stars)
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Caerleon Di Fede (Shamardal)
L Avonbridge Liberty Beach (Cable Bay)
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Cadeaux Genereux Danceteria (Redoute’s Choice) 13L Living In The Past (Bungle Inthejungle) 2 Pierre Lapin (Cappella Sansevero) 2 Western Australia (Australia) L
Bernardini Dadoozdart (Dawn Approach)
L
Bertolini Move Swiftly (Farhh)
2
Big Shuffle Ilanga (Penny’s Picnic) Potemkin (New Approach) Serena (Soldier Hollow)
3 3 L
Birdstone Threat (Footstepsinthesand)
22
L
L Awesome Again Plus Que Parfait (Point Of Entry)
2
Azamour Siyarafina (Pivotal)
1
Bahamian Bounty Al Raya (Siyouni)
3
Band On The Run Aberama Gold (Heeraat)
L
23L
L 2 2 2 3 L
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Cape Cross Alligator Alley (Kingman) Cnicht (Silver Frost) Dandhu (Dandy Man) Gustavus Weston (Equiano) Laurens (Siyouni) Solage (Galileo) Tarnawa (Shamardal) Catcher In The Rye Never No More (No Nay Never)
L L 3 3 1 L 233
L
broodmare stats Celtic Swing Mount Everest (Galileo) Presley (Gladiatorus) Rose Secret (Sakhee’s Secret) Cherokee Run Plata O Plomo (Paddy O’prado) Chester House Chestnut Honey (No Nay Never) Fount (Frankel) Choisir Red Verdon (Lemon Drop Kid) Compton Place Alwaab (Toronado) Good Vibes (Due Diligence) Lady In France (Showcasing) Madeleine Must (Motivator) Streamline (Due Diligence) Cozzene Kurious (Kuroshio) Shailene (Rip Van Winkle) Way To Paris (Champs Elysees)
L L LL
LL
Nayef Road (Galileo) Primitivo (Excellent Art) Royal Dornoch (Gleneagles) Sir Dancealot (Sir Prancealot) Sir Ron Priestley (Australia) Sovereign (Galileo) Stone Tornado (Toronado) Twist ‘N’ Shake (Kingman) Wasmya (Toronado)
3 L 2 22 3 1 L L L
2LL 3
3
L 3L L L 3
3L L 2
Dansili Aspetar (Al Kazeem) Channel (Nathaniel) Dream Of Dreams (Dream Ahead) Eliade (Teofilo) Flop Shot (New Approach) Glorious Journey (Dubawi) King Carney (Australia) Lope Y Fernandez (Lope De Vega) Ocean Fantasy (Make Believe) Tropbeau (Showcasing) West End Girl (Golden Horn) Wootton’s Colt (Wootton Bassett)
12 1 L L 3 2 L 3 3 23 3 L
Danzig Funny Kid (Lemon Drop Kid)
L
Desert King Kew Gardens (Galileo)
2
Darn That Alarm Drafted (Field Commission)
33
Desert Style Thammin (Dark Angel)
L
Darshaan Bangkok (Australia) Coronet (Dubawi) Master Of Reality (Frankel) Matterhorn (Raven’s Pass) Mc Queen (Silver Frost) Private Secretary (Kingman) South Sea Pearl (Galileo)
3 11 3 L L L L
Diesis Festive Star (Golden Horn)
L
Dashing Blade Pao Alto (Intello) Square De Luynes (Manduro) Wichita (No Nay Never) Daylami Hazapour (Shamardal) Logician (Frankel) Mountain Hunter (Lonhro)
L 333 3
3 12 L
Diktat Agente Segreto (Mastercraftsman) L Beat The Bank (Paco Boy) 22 Invincible Army (Invincible Spirit) 2 3 L Dixie Union Insignia Of Rank (Epaulette)
L
Docksider Dirk (Mujahid) Mr Lupton (Elnadim)
3 2
Doubletour Surrounding (Lilbourne Lad)
3LL
Threat: the Gimcrack winner is by Footstepinthesand and out of Flare Of Firelight,a daughter of Birdstone
Dalakhani Abadan (Samum) L Max Vega (Lope De Vega) 3 Pinatubo (Shamardal) 112L Shelir (Dark Angel) L Thunderous (Night Of Thunder) L Dananeyev Monsieur Croco (Croco Rouge)
L
Danehill Birch Grove (Galileo) Blissful (Galileo) Cape Of Good Hope (Galileo) Constantinople (Galileo) Falcon Eight (Galileo) Iridessa (Ruler Of The World) Japan (Galileo) Military March (New Approach) Mogul (Galileo) Mutamakina (Nathaniel) Poetic Charm (Dubawi) Search For A Song (Galileo)
L L L 3 L 11 112 3 2 L 22 1L
Danehill Dancer Armory (Galileo) Circus Maximus (Galileo) Ecrivain (Lope De Vega) Eleni (Kendargent) Hamariyna (Sea The Moon) Jalmoud (New Approach) Lavender’s Blue (Sea The Stars) Learn By Heart (Frankel)
23 11L 3 L 3 L 3 3
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broodmare stats Doyen Ghislaine (Soldier Hollow) Stormy Antarctic (Stormy Atlantic) Dr Devious Air Pilot (Zamindar) Dubai Destination Imaging (Oasis Dream) Kachy (Kyllachy) Sameem (New Approach) Thunder Snow (Helmet) Dubawi Accon (Camelot) Amorella (Nathaniel) Dramatic Queen (Kitten’s Joy) Dream Castle (Frankel) Hey Gaman (New Approach) Malotru (Casamento)
L 23
L
3L L L 1
3 2L 3 123 3L 2
L 2 L
Dutch Art Jash (Kodiac) Silva (Kodiac) Tapisserie (Le Havre) Yulong Gold Fairy (Mount Nelson)
L 3L L 3
Dylan Thomas Dashing Willoughby (Nathaniel) Lanana (Sepoy) Persian King (Kingman) Eagle Eyed Finesse (Luxor) Echo Of Light King Of Change (Farhh) Powerful Breeze (Iffraaj) Efisio Elarqam (Frankel)
Elusive City Sopran Ival (Ivawood) Terebellum (Sea The Stars) Elusive Quality Castle Lady (Shamardal) Cayenne Pepper (Australia) Duca Di Como (Clodovil) Lethal Promise (Invincible Spirit)
90
3 3 3
Encosta De Lago Mohawk (Galileo)
3
English Channel Arizona (No Nay Never)
2
Entrepreneur Montsarrat (Poet’s Voice)
L
Exceed And Excel Anthony Van Dyck (Galileo) Elaire Noire (Footstepsinthesand) Star Terms (Sea The Stars) Ten Sovereigns (No Nay Never) Excellent Art The Revenant (Dubawi)
Duke Of Marmalade Antonia De Vega (Lope De Vega) Keep On Fly (Rip Van Winkle) Lady Wannabe (Camelot)
Dyhim Diamond Bakoel Koffie (Naaqoos) Quindio (Evasive)
Empire Maker Qabala (Scat Daddy) Sangarius (Kingman) Valdermoro (Declaration Of War)
L L
2 L 13
2
1L 2
2LL
L 2 13 3 3LL L
Fantastic Light Diamanta (Maxios) Withhold (Champs Elysees)
1L L L 1
223L
1 L
Fasliyev Bayshore Freeway (Declaration Of War) L Red Torch (Air Chief Marshal) L Sestilio Jet (French Fifteen) 3 Zan O’bowney (Blu Air Force) L Fast Company Inverleigh (Excelebration) Fastnet Rock Innisfree (Galileo)
Giant’s Causeway Ispolini (Dubawi) New York Girl (New Approach) Skyward (Camelot) Sporting Chance (Kodiac) Still Standing (Mastercraftsman) Swedish Dream (Helmet) Verde E Rosa (Zoffany)
3
33 3 L L L L L
Gold Away Pretty Baby (Orpen)
3
Gone West Mehdaayih (Frankel)
2L
Grand Lodge Corinthia Knight (Society Rock)
L
Grand Slam Cherisy (Le Havre)
L
2
L L 3
Fusaichi Pegasus Pretreville (Acclamation)
L
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Ghostzapper Estihdaaf (Arch)
L L L L 3 L L L L 12L 23 2 L L 13 L
L
Footstepsinthesand El Astronaute (Approve) Khaadem (Dark Angel) Klassique (Galileo)
Galileo Aloe Vera (Invincible Spirit) Alson (Areion) Alzire (Shamardal) Barney Roy (Excelebration) Cimeara (Vocalised) Close Your Eyes (Mujahid) Dame Malliot (Champs Elysees) Fort Myers (War Front) Fox Chairman (Kingman) Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) Kastasa (Rock Of Gibraltar) Magna Grecia (Invincible Spirit)
Maqsad (Siyouni) Mashael (Dubawi) Matematica (Rock Of Gibraltar) Mootasadir (Dansili) Nausha (Kingman) Playa Del Puente (Elzaam) Power Euro (Peintre Celebre) Raise You (Lope De Vega) Salouen (Canford Cliffs) Sottsass (Siyouni) Space Traveller (Bated Breath) Subway Dancer (Shamardal) Tango (No Nay Never) Uae Jewel (Dubawi) Watch Me (Olympic Glory) Wells Farhh Go (Farhh)
L 3 L L L L 2L L L 12 3 1
Green Desert Buckhurst (Australia) D’bai (Dubawi) Four White Socks (Lope De Vega) Goddess (Camelot) Hidden Message (Scat Daddy) Mirage Dancer (Frankel) Mustashry (Tamayuz) Night Colours (Night Of Thunder) Real Appeal (Sidestep) Shaman (Shamardal)
Green Tune Big Brothers Pride (Invincible Spirit) Emerita (Areion) Forever In Dreams (Dream Ahead) Polydream (Oasis Dream) Spotify (Redoute’s Choice)
33 2 3 3L L L 12 2 L 3L
3 L L 3 3
broodmare stats Haafhd Akribie (Reliable Man) Madhmoon (Dawn Approach) Mystery Power (No Nay Never) Sword Peinture (Peintre Celebre) Halling French King (French Fifteen) Indian Blessing (Sepoy) Hansel Legendary Lunch (Dragon Pulse) Hard Spun Alexander James (Camelot) Broderie (Pivotal) Spinning Memories (Arcano)
122 L
L
L L 3L
Helissio Phoceene (Olympic Glory)
L
Hennessy Gold Tyranny (Zoffany)
L
Hernando Appelina (Appel Au Maitre) Hereby (Pivotal)
LLL L
High Chaparral Adelinda (Zebedee)
L
Holy Roman Emperor Sapa Inca (Galileo) Wait Forever (Camelot)
L L
Homme De Loi Lord Glitters (Whipper)
1
Horse Chestnut Star Catcher (Sea The Stars)
1112
Hurricane Run Azano (Oasis Dream) Vivid Diamond (Cape Cross)
3 L
Iffraaj Breathtaking Look (Bated Breath) Encapsulation (Zoffany) Skardu (Shamardal)
3 L 3
In The Wings Marmelo (Duke Of Marmalade) Inchinor Mohaather (Showcasing)
Anthony Van Dyck: the Derby winner was one of two Group 1 winners in 2019 out of mares by Exceed And Excel
2 3 2 L
23 3
Indian Ridge Magical Dreamer (Acclamation) L Maid In India (Bated Breath) 3L Millisle (Starspangledbanner) 1L Piece Of Paradise (Holy Roman Emperor) L
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broodmare stats Romanised (Holy Roman Emperor) 1 2 Surrey Thunder (Le Havre) L Indian Rocket Morando (Kendargent)
33
Interprete Ickworth (Shamardal)
L
Intikhab Tabarrak (Acclamation)
L
Invincible Spirit Desert Encounter (Halling) 333 Duke Of Hazzard (Lope De Vega) 2 3 L Gorgeous Noora (Raven’s Pass) L Isaan Queen (War Command) L Justifier (Free Eagle) L Queen Of Desire (Dubawi) L Southern Hills (Gleneagles) L Spirit Of Nelson (Mount Nelson) L Under The Stars (Night Of Thunder) 3 Ishiguru Divine Image (Scat Daddy) Summer Sands (Coach House)
3L L
Brian Ryan (Finjaan) Fountain Of Time (Iffraaj) Romsey (Mukhadram) Kingmambo Addeybb (Pivotal) Cross Counter (Teofilo) Flambeur (Mizzen Mast) Impulsif (New Approach) Norway (Galileo) Sun Maiden (Frankel) Suphala (Frankel) Kingman Alocasia (Kingman) King’s Best Agrotera (Mastercraftsman) Headman (Kingman) Normandel (Le Havre) Pensiero D’amore (Zoffany) Richenza (Holy Roman Emperor) Sir Boris (Due Diligence) Konigstiger Qualisaga (Sageburg)
Jeune Homme Royal Intervention (Exceed And Excel) 2 3
Kris S Communique (Casamento)
Johannesburg I Kirk (Eishin Dunkirk) Lady Galore (Raven’s Pass) Nice To See You (Siyouni)
Kyllachy Fox Power (Dark Angel)
Kahyasi Villa Rosa (Doctor Dino)
LL L L
3L
Kalanisi Lamaire (Casamento) 2 Marie’s Diamond (Footstepsinthesand) L Kaldoun Happy Bere (Pedro The Great) Kaldounevees Victor Ludorum (Shamardal)
L
1
Kendargent Diamond Vendome (Style Vendome) 3 Kenway (Galiway) 3L Kendor City Light (Siyouni) 3 Pump Pump Palace (King’s Best) L Tour To Paris (Fuisse) L Key Of Luck Phoenix Of Spain (Lope De Vega) Kheleyf
92
1
Lagunas Waitingfortheday (Elzaam) Lammtarra Royal Line (Dubawi) Lando Durance (Champs Elysees) Lawman Awesometank (Intense Focus) Battaash (Dark Angel) Le Havre Pyledriver (Harbour Watch) Linamix Sagauteur (Literato) Lomitas Gm Hopkins (Dubawi) Itobo (Areion) Laccario (Scalo) Morgan Le Faye (Shamardal) Rolando (Campanologist) Rose Flower (Dabirsim) Rubaiyat (Areion)
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3L 2 L 3 3 3L 3L
Winterfuchs (Campanologist)
3
Lope De Vega Devil (Siyouni)
3
Lord Of England Ladykiller (Kamsin) Shalona (Soldier Hollow)
3L L
Lost Soldier X Y Jet (Kantharos)
1
Lujain Miss O Connor (Roderic O’connor)
L
Machiavellian Be My Sheriff (Lawman) Magical Touch (Dubawi)
L L
Makfi Positive (Dutch Art)
3
L
L 22 3 L L L
L
22
L
3
3
Malibu Moon Beauty Filly (Invincible Spirit)
L
Manduro Al Dabaran (Dubawi) L Billesdon Brook (Champs Elysees) 1 3 L Faccio Io (Bated Breath) L Fanny Logan (Sea The Stars) 3LLL Maria’s Mon Magnetic Charm (Exceed And Excel)
L
Marju Flaming Princess (Hot Streak) Greach (Gregorian) Judicial (Iffraaj) Kick On (Charm Spirit) Mixology (Cape Cross)
L L L 3L L
Mark Of Esteem Cape Byron (Shamardal) Crystal Ocean (Sea The Stars) Dakota Gold (Equiano) Waldpfad (Shamardal)
3 133 LL 33
Mineshaft Coal Front (Stay Thirsty)
2
Mister Baileys Beshaayir (Iffraaj)
2
Mizzen Mast Major Jumbo (Zebedee) Quadrilateral (Frankel)
L 1
Monsun Hopeful (Motivator) 3 Ismene (Tertullian) L Moonlight Spirit (Dubawi) 3 Nagano Gold (Sixties Icon) L Pelligrina (Soldier Hollow) 3 Roman Turbo (Holy Roman Emperor) 3 Soudania (Sea The Stars) 3L Waldgeist (Galileo) 112 Montjeu Anapurna (Frankel) King David (Elusive City) Soleil Marin (Kendargent) Tosen Gift (Lope De Vega) Volskha (Le Havre)
11L 3L 3 L L
More Than Ready Famous Wolf (Kendargent)
L
Motivator A’ali (Society Rock) Likala (Exceed And Excel)
222 L
Mozart Dolphin Vista (Zoffany)
L
Mr Greeley Barys (Kodiac) Great Scot (Requinto)
L 3
Mt Livermore Donjah (Teofilo)
2
3L
L 122
L
Medicean Garrus (Acclamation) Regal Reality (Intello)
L 3
Midyan Kabir (Lord Of England) Line Des Ongrais (Voix Du Nord)
L L
Miesque’s Son Master Bloom (Pastorius)
3
L
3 23 12L 23L L L 23L
Mind Games Glass Slippers (Dream Ahead)
13L
Muhaymin Skalleti (Kendargent) Muhtathir Holdthasigreen (Hold That Tiger) Plegastell (Planteur) Robin Of Navan (American Post)
23L
13 L 2
Mujadil Captain America (Academy Award) L L Safe Voyage (Fast Company) 3L Shenanigans (Arcano) L Mujahid Ken Colt (Kendargent) Musa D’oriente (Nayef)
L L
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broodmare stats Mukaddamah True Self (Oscar)
L
Nayef Only Time (Requinto) Platane (Le Havre)
L 3
New Approach Earthlight (Shamardal)
113
Niniski Ernesto (Reliable Man)
L
Nordico Flight Risk (Teofilo)
3LL
Noverre Space Blues (Dubawi) Talk Or Listen (Alhebayeb) The Conqueror (Excelebration)
L L LL
Nureyev Wissahickon (Tapit)
3L
Oasis Dream Copper Knight (Sir Prancealot) Daahyeh (Bated Breath) Dark Lady (Dark Angel) Delaware (Frankel) Equilateral (Equiano) Lancaster House (Galileo) Obligate (Frankel) Raven’s Corner (Raven’s Pass) Shafran Mnm (Shamardal) Sir Dragonet (Camelot) Siskin (First Defence) Twilight Payment (Teofilo) Observatory Calyx (Kingman) Urwald (Le Havre)
L 23 3 3L L L 2L 3 L 3 12L 2L
3 L
Octagonal King’s Command (Dubawi) Mythical Magic (Iffraaj)
3 2
Old Vic Anna Nerium (Dubawi)
3
Olden Times Good Question (Manduro) One Cool Cat High As A Kite (Manduro) Wish You Well (Soldier Hollow)
Oratorio Buonasera (Zebedee) Feliciana De Vega (Lope De Vega) Servalan (No Nay Never)
L L LL
3 3 L
Edisa: is by Kitten’s Joy and out of the Rock Of Gibraltar Group 2-winning mare Ebiyza from the family of Estimate
Orpen Coccoloba (Desert Prince) Petit Fils (Makfi) Time To Choose (Manduro) Vintager (Mastercraftsman) Paolini Nancho (Tai Chi) Peintre Celebre Amazing Red (Teofilo) Les Hogues (Bated Breath) Muette (Deep Impact) O’juke (Jukebox Jury) Villa Marina (Le Havre) Volfango (Dutch Art) Piccolo Orlaith (Fastnet Rock)
L 3 L 23
3
L L L L 13 L
L
Pivotal Advertise (Showcasing) 11 Bristano (Dansili) 3 Defoe (Dalakhani) 12 Exhort (Dutch Art) L Fairyland (Kodiac) 1 Firebird Song (Invincible Spirit) L Golden Horde (Lethal Force) 2 Hermosa (Galileo) 11 Love (Galileo) 13 Lucky Lycra (Olympic Glory) L Mabs Cross (Dutch Art) 3 Magical (Galileo) 11123 Molatham (Night Of Thunder) L Olmedo (Declaration Of War) 3 One Master (Fastnet Rock) 1 Peach Tree (Galileo) 3
Perfection (Dutch Art) Raffle Prize (Slade Power) Rebecca Rocks (Exceed And Excel) Red Tea (Sakhee) Veracious (Frankel) Pleasant Tap Style Presa (Style Vendome) Pursuit Of Love Being Alive (Champs Elysees) Rahy Alpine Star (Sea The Moon) Muntazah (Dubawi) Rail Link Alounak (Camelot) San Huberto (Speightstown)
L 22 L 2 1
Rock Of Gibraltar Edisa (Kitten’s Joy) Quest The Moon (Sea The Moon) Tamniah (Nathaniel)
L 3 3
Royal Academy Fanaar (Dark Angel)
L
3L
L
2 33
3 LL
Royal Applause Agincourt (Declaration Of War) L Blue Point (Shamardal) 11123 Royal Solo Sun At Work (Areion)
L
Sabrehill Diamond Hill (Beat Hollow)
L
Red Rocks Fox Champion (Kodiac)
2
Sadler’s Wells Enable (Nathaniel) Etoile (War Front) Fancy Blue (Deep Impact) Happen (War Front) Love So Deep (Deep Impact) Raa Atoll (Sea The Stars) Sextant (Sea The Stars) Shadn (No Nay Never) Silk Forest (Kodiac) Technician (Mastercraftsman) Worth Waiting (Bated Breath) Zaaki (Leroidesanimaux)
Refuse To Bend Savarin (Deep Impact)
3
Samum Joplin (Soldier Hollow)
L
River Mist Silverwave (Silver Frost)
L
Santiago Nica (Kamsin)
L
Rainbow Quest Art Du Val (No Nay Never) Call Me Love (Sea The Stars) Out Of Time (Sakhee’s Secret)
L 3 23L
Red Ransom Assiro (Declaration Of War) Aurelius In Love (Alhebayeb)
23 L
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Hello Youmzain: one of six 2019 stakes winners out of Shamardal mares
Slip Anchor Anna Magnolia (Makfi)
L
Soave Helter Skelter (Wootton Bassett)
L
Songandaprayer So Perfect (Scat Daddy)
3
Special Week Deirdre (Harbinger)
1
Statue Of Liberty Summer Romance (Kingman)
L
Storm Cat Blenheim Palace (Galileo)
3
Stravinsky Fullness Of Life (Holy Roman Emperor) 3 Sea The Stars Raakib Alhawa (Kingman) Stela Star (Epaulette) Second Empire Mission Boy (Paco Boy) Seeking The Gold Dee Ex Bee (Farhh) Inns Of Court (Invincible Spirit) Selkirk Albigna (Zoffany) Benbatl (Dubawi) Dariyza (Dawn Approach) Folamour (Intello) Happy Power (Dark Angel) Keystroke (Pivotal) King Of Comedy (Kingman) Slalom (Intello) Trethias (Invincible Spirit) Shamardal Anda Muchacho (Helmet) Duneflower (Dubawi) Far Above (Farhh) Hello Youmzain (Kodiac) Latrobe (Camelot) Pink Dogwood (Camelot) Tertius (Siyouni) Walk In Marrakesh (Siyouni) Shirley Heights Mohican Heights (Australia) Shirocco Elisa Again (Champs Elysees) In Front (Intello) Telecaster (New Approach)
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L 3
Sholokhov Kronprinz (Lord Of England)
3
Showcasing Avengers Queen (Brazen Beau)
L
Sicyos Master’s Spirit (Mastercraftsman)
L
Sillery Ziyad (Rock Of Gibraltar)
2
Street Cry Eagleway (Sakhee’s Secret) Make A Challenge (Invincible Spirit) Spanish Mission (Noble Mission)
L L 3
Sunday Break Olendon (Le Havre) Roman Candle (Le Havre) Taos (Toronado)
L 2 L
L
33 2L
12 2 L L L 3 L 3 L
33 L L 12 3 L L L
Singspiel Boomer (Kingman) 3 Dr Simpson (Dandy Man) 3 Elegiac (Farhh) L Lady Kaya (Dandy Man) 3 Lah Ti Dar (Dubawi) 2 Limato (Tagula) 3 Old Persian (Dubawi) 12 Privilegiado (Sea The Moon) L Secret Ambition (Exceed And Excel) 3 Suedois (Le Havre) 3 Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) 11 Sinndar Singstreet (Evasive)
1 L
Trempolino Downdraft (Camelot) Enbihaar (Redoute’s Choice) Unaccounted For Rhythm Divine (Torok) Unbridled’s Song Aviatress (Shamardal) Capezzano (Bernardini) Queen Power (Shamardal) Thunderman (Blu Air Force) Zabeel Prince (Lope De Vega)
L
LL 222L 2
L 1 L LL 13
Unfuwain Called To The Bar (Henrythenavigator) 2 3 L Van Nistelrooy Noor Sahara (Lope De Vega)
L
Verglas Flippa The Strippa (Outstrip) King Malpic (King’s Best) Shades Of Blue (Kodiac) Speak In Colours (Excelebration) Who’s Steph (Zoffany)
L 3 L 3L 3L
Viking Ruler Just Sherry (Intense Focus)
LL
Whipper Nitro Boost (Dandy Man)
L
Tagula Donjuan Triumphant (Dream Ahead) 1
Woodman Main Edition (Zoffany)
Take Risks Palpitator (Motivator)
L
Xaar Giuseppe Piazzi (Galileo)
L
Tapit Munitions (War Front) Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy)
3 L
Yankee Victor North America (Dubawi)
22
2L
You And I Strive For Glory (Dialed In)
L
Zafeen Band Practice (Society Rock)
L
L
Teofilo Rakan (Sea The Stars)
L
Tiger Hill Amarena (Soldier Hollow)
L
2L
Titus Livius Chares (Ivawood)
L
Zafonic Shining Emerald (Clodovil)
L
Sixties Icon Rose Of Kildare (Make Believe)
33
Tiznow Above The Rest (Excellent Art) Bye Bye Hong Kong (Street Sense)
L L
Zamindar Cartiem (Cape Cross)
3
Sleeping Indian Axana (Soldier Hollow)
33
Toccet Guaranteed (Teofilo)
L
Zilzal Colomano (Cacique)
L
Siphon Queen Jo Jo (Gregorian) Sir Percy Shine So Bright (Oasis Dream)
L
LL L 2
Sunday Silence Almond Eye (Lord Kanaloa) Well Of Wisdom (Oasis Dream)
Touch Down Pizzicato (Dabirsim)
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10TH EDITION In this, the 10th edition of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale, we aim to build even further on our pedigree. Having already produced 36 individual Gr1 winners, more than any other sale in South Africa over the same period, and running at better than an unparalleled 10% stakes winners to runners, we’re looking to be out of the gate faster than ever before.
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photos of the month: the everest stakes and the caulfield cup
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Japanese connections with Mer De Glace ahead of their successful mission to Australia to win the Caulfield Cup (right) with local jockey Damian Lane
THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER saw two of the biggest races of the year staged in Australia. In Sydney, Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) won the richest Turf race in the world, the A$14 million Everest Stakes, for trainer Chris Waller, while in Melbourne, Mer De Glace from Japan took the A$5 million Caulfield Cup, the second time in six years success the race has gone to a Japanese horse after Admire Rakti won in 2014. Mer De Glace is trained by Hisashi Shimizu and was ridden by Damian Lane. A son of the King Kamehameha horse Rulership, he won comfortably from the Australian-bred Vow And Declare (Declaration Of War). The minor placings were filled by former and current European-trained horses. Mirage Dancer, the son of Frankel formerly bred and owned by Juddmonte and trained in Britain by Sir Michael Stoute finished third, the Galileo colt Constantinople, formerly with Aidan O’Brien, was fourth, while Finche, another son of Frankel from Juddmonte, previously trained in France by André Fabre, was fifth. Mustajeer, this year’s Ebor winner for Irish trainer Ger Lyons and a more recent export to the southern-hemisphere, finished sixth ahead of the British-bred now southern-hemisphere-based Godolphin runner Hartnell (Authorised). Red Verdon (Lemon Drop Kid), Newmarket trainer Ed Dunlop’s current globe trotter, was eighth. Conversely, Ten Sovereigns, the only European runner in the Everest, finished last. Unfortunately the weekend’s racing was overshadowed by ABC’s 7.30 story concerning racehorse slaughter that has revealed the widespread slaughter of racehorses for pet food and human consumption at abattoirs in New South Wales and Queensland. The undercover investigation revealed disturbing treatment of horses at one abattoir before and during slaughter. The slaughter of racehorses is not illegal in Australia but it is against Racing NSW policy and rules, which state that all retired racehorses should be rehomed. A team of undercover investigators entered the abattoir and recorded more than a 1,000 hours of covert film documenting the horses that have passed through the abattoir and their treatment. Using the recording, brandings and the methodical scanning of microchips, the ABC has forensically cross-matched horses slaughtered to the industry’s official online record of thoroughbreds, the Australian Stud Book. The process has revealed around 300 racehorses went through Meramist
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Abattoir, located north of Brisbane in just 22 days. The figures are at odds with the racing industry’s data and with Racing Queensland’s Animal Welfare Strategy to “minimise the ‘wastage’ of racing animals”. According to the racing industry less than one per cent are ending up at a knackery or an abattoir. “The industry tells us that 0.4 per cent of horses leaving the racing industry are ending up in a knackery or an abattoir, which I think equates to 34 horses per year,” said Professor McGreevy, a vet and professor of animal behaviour and welfare science at the University of Sydney and who has been studying thoroughbreds for over 25 years. He said the number of horses disappearing each year could be in the thousands. But the national regulator, Racing Australia, introduced a traceability rule three years ago to track the whereabouts of horses from birth to retirement. The NSW regulator, Racing NSW, told ABC it is committed to re-homing horses but raised resourcing issues. Since the revelations many professionals in the racing industry have publicly expressed how appalled they are by the findings. Everest winner Yes Yes Yes , jockey Glen Boss, strapper Michael Channon Jnr
Le Havre HUGELY POPULAR AT THE SALES! Tattersalls Book 1 Lot 500
825,000 Gns
Tattersalls Book 1 Lot 388
575,000 Gns
Arqana August Lot 29
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500,000 Sylvain VIDAL • +33 (0)6 20 99 10 15 I Mathieu ALEX • +33 (0)6 26 59 19 18
ALBIGNA MAIN EDITION WHO’S STEPH FLEETING
1st Prix Marcel Boussac-Gr.1, Airlie Stud Stakes-Gr.2 1st German 1,000 Guineas-Gr.2, Guisborough Stakes-L. 1st Munster Oaks-Gr.3, Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes-L. 2nd Irish Oaks-Gr.1, Prix de l’Opera-Gr.1, 3rd Epsom Oaks-Gr.1
44 Blacktype performers including 27 Stakes winners from his first 4 crops all from €7,500 - €12,500 nominations
ALBIGNA,owned and bred by the Niarchos family, after her victory in the Prix Marcel Boussac-Gr.1
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Good horses win th is race, and go on to land Gr oup 1’s as 3yos and beyond….Al bigna is the first Group 1 win ner from Zoffany’s most expe nsively bred crop to date, with hi s fee having risen from €12,500 to €45,000 in 2016 off the back of a first-crop Royal Ascot treble.
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2YO winners in 20 1 while yearlings 9, sold for up to
€485,000
Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: +353-52-6131298. E-mail: sales@coolmore.ie Website: www.coolmore.com
